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Wingham town council, meeting by Mayor McKinney, as good the -council,, asking for repair to
on Friday night in enecial session . business, "Like 'resoling your shoes
to discuss the paving of two befpre wearing out your seeker,"
Streets, decided to lay a 22 foot said the mayor,
ribbon of asralt along Edward Edward Street has long been.
Street from Highway 80 to t considered by the Celina. as in
the town park. They also okayed need of repair, but high costa and
the. paving of Maple Street, froth lack of funds have meant putting
Josephine Street to Centre :Street, things off until the council could
,The estimated cost of tearing up Afford to make a reasonable sur-
the streets and laying the centre face estimate of the repair work
strip of asphalt was placed in the needed.
region of $2,500, A petition by residents of Maple
The paying plah 'was explained 'Street was recently presented to
:TIME: ',16 DUNK — "The old
hole" is just about the
frieSt nePular .place ip town these
day! as ,temperatbree soar to .the
110a and 90's, There are certainly
a lot Of envious Wingham eyes fo-
amed on the nearby towns which
have I;ir•Oper swimming spots, eith-
er natural or artificial.
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HOME THE HARD WAY—We
can imagine. that Frank Burke and
hie bride are not overly inspree$-
ed with,. American hospitEdity. On.
Itheir, was horne front their toneY-
Moon ear trouble developed in the
State of Ohio and Frank was mix
able to find a garage which would
look after the necessary repairs,
en anything 'less than- week. •The
problem was: solved when Mrs.
Berkea • brother wept to the. res-
one and towed them all the way to
Wirigharn with his •truck. •
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LOST WEEK-ENP-.--TwO fires
this '1;yeeice one ,about midnight on
Seturday and the other at 9 p,m.
Sundaye,broke up the local fiee-
fightere-::Weele-end, Jim Can •the
• lire chief asked us to, mention the
tact that •'fishermen and others
aliouldibe"very 'careful at this time
Of the, year when making .outdoor
fires, • row, Richard Collings, John Nagle and The second class of youngeters which started swimming• lessons.thie Farrish, Larry Simpson;
week is seen above. Th'eY are, front row,, „Aleic Hamilton Donald Carol.Kell.,
Tempierrien, Rocky Abram, Morris Abram, Dorrld Watson, Kenneth
that street,
Wilkinson,Elmer ellairMan of
the public works committee, said
that 'he was disturbed by the
amount of litter on the sidewalks,
As far as he could see, he said,
hardly anyone uses the baron bins
which are placed at intervals along
the main street.
"It's not the children who are•
malting this nasty mess, most of
the garbage seems to be 'left be-
hind by the `night crowd', people
Who should know better," Mr,
Wilkinson said,
He told council: members that
he had even been out on the side,
walk with a vacutimeeleaner, try-
ing to keep the area,• in front of
his store clean;
The council' will consider a by-
law whereby 'litter bugs' could be
fined for throwing Papers and
rubbish on the streets of the town.
Present at the special meeting
were, Mayor B., E. McKinney, 'J.
Roy Adair, Elmer Wilkinson, Joe,
Kerr, W, F. Burgman, Earl Hamil-
ton and William A, Galbraith,
town clerk.
At the close of the Meeting the
members inspected, Edward -Street
from Alfred" to Victoria Street.
Several 'innovations in the 'Fron-
tier Deers program will, be intro-;
duced on ; Friday, August 30th;
when a big day for the youngsters,:
as well es their elders, will be pre-
sented by the Lions Club,
There will be a parade on Fri--;
day afternoon, headed by two
bands 'and with $60.00 in prizes*
Nir*
ire; et
for the various entries in the par7
'tide. On the same afternooh the
Frontier Queen will be selected
and she will appear at other func-
tions before the celebration closes
on Saturday evening.
Young cowpokes in tins locality
wilnebe, particularly interested in
the peograrn at the town park on
Friday afternoon, for will
*have a chance to see some real
'horiest-to-goodness rope-spinning,,
As' a 'matter of fact, those who
have any-skill in this art of the far
West can get . right in there, for
the spinners Will take part in a
contest to' determine who can
handle a lariat most efficiently..
Another contest with a •distinctly
Western flavor is the bull-dogging
`event, when young contestants will
match their brawn against the hus-
ky calves which will be brought
Mrs. A. Cosens•
90 Years Old
Mrs. A. Cosene, Minnie Street,
celebrated her 90th birthday ' on
Friday, July 19th, when friends
in for the occasion. Both these and neighbors called to extend
Readers of The Advance- .
Gerrie may be a small place, but for, an expression of interest in a
out there they do thinge.in a big 'course of instruction,' `So unreal-,
way. Not many villages •the size of mous was the approval „indicated
Gorrie have a full-time course of in the answers that the itidal•. corn-,
swimming and water safety in-:, ' mittee completed.' arrangements
Eitkitetion an progress. with the Red Cross Society for an
Months ago the local branch of instructor to handle the, classes: .-1
the Red. Cress. Society begen "-to TWO' hunker:I and sixty yoling:, .., . ,
interest itself' in the possibility of sters registered ter the course,
Times, advertisers and those
who require the production of
commercial printing are asked
to note that the office will be
closed from August 8th to Aug-
ust 18th, inclUsive, to permit
staff holidays.
There will be no issue of 'this'
newspaper during the week of
Auguet 12th, . and the paper Will
appear one day later:than 'usual'
the following
Correspondents and others
who contribute. news for these
columns are asked to note these
closing dates, •
their congratulations and good
wiehee eduring, 'the Eifternooa and
evening. A sieter, Miss Mary Turn-
.er, resides with her.
hospital.
unMsder re. 4
v' an Waoperation,
tine,
'
where
confined
.bti' tt.° hstihe:r?
many friends are pleased to find
t iler feeling ::much b,ettereseS.ht•swae,e.
able' to leave the 'hespital the day
before her birthday."
Her daughter; Dr. Mary,Taylor
and Mr. TaYler. 'of Terent, 'spent
the day with her: ' "
contests are for juveniles, so pro-
feseional competition will' not be
.encountered,
Tricycle races and other events
for the. small 'fry will fill, -out the
balance of the. Friday afternoon.
ptograrri.
Frontier. Ball
:s ..Friday •.:b111 night in town' for the Wingham
arena will be the setting for a
square dance competition which is,
expected to draw entries from
widely separated points in the pro-
vince. Spectators should have an
opportunity to see the best there is .in this department.
Following the square dancing the
grand Frontier Ball will open, with
most of those on hand for the
dance in frontier costumes. -
Friday, of course is but one day
in the complete Frontier Days
event which opens the previous
evening with a big program in .the
arena at which TV star Joan Fair-
fax is the feature star, OnSatur-
day a complete program with
monster parade and a park full of
attractions awaits 'the crowds
which are expected to be on hand
for the event. More details of
Frontier Days arrangements will
be passed on to our readers as they
are finalized by the committee
which is headed by W. T. "Doe"
Cruickshank.
, The following from the Altoona
(Pa.) Mirror, will be of interest to
focal readers:
"Veterinarians from Canada and
the Pacific northwest states of the
United States attended the 9th an-
nual convention 'of the Canadian.
Veterinary' Medical association on•
July 22, 23 and 24 in Vancouver.
Dr, W. T. Galbraith, veterinar-
ian of 2245 Broad avenue, Altoona,
Pa., 'was . invited to attend.
During the meeting the most
prominent veterinarians and re4
search scientists of the twee: nee
lions peeeeirt,asesPeeee coneeeas
ing new steps in the control and
treatment, of animal diseases.
Dr. Galbraith is veterinarian-in-
charge for the U.S. department of
agriculture at the plant of Frozen
Farm Products, Inc., Altoona.
He is mentioned in the Canadian
"Who's Who" and "Landed Gent-
le?'" of London, England, as a eon-,
sultant, author and inventor, hav-
ing served with the American,
British and Canadian governments
and also haying held an advanced
army rank.
His mother is a descendent of
Rutherford B, Hayes, former,
president of the 'U.S.
Dre Galbraith is a member of
various professional associations:
and holds a degree from the Uni-
versity of 'Toronto.
Mrs. Galbraith formerly was with:
the Metropolitan hoir of London,
Ontario, and sang' for troops over-
seas during •two wars.' '
Dr. Galbraith attended school at
13luevale and later the Wingham
Business College. After residing in
London, Ontario he served overseas
in both wars. Mrs. Galbraith is a
native of England.
Lodge to Attend
Annt)ral Service F
Twenty members of L.O.L. ;No.
794, Wingham, were in Blyth on
Sunday , for the annual church
service of the North Huron County
Lodge. Dr. James Semple, of Eg-
mondville Presbyterian Church
was the'speaker for the occasion.
Next Sunday, August 4th, 'Huron
County Royal Black Preceptory
will patade to St. Andrew's Pres-
byterian Church in Wieghara,
where the annual 'church service
will be Conducted by Rev. A, Mal-
mo, D.D. The parade will be led
by the Woodham Fife and Drum
Band, The service--is at.11 a,m.
such a course, reasoning that• very only 36 of whom' were able .to Swim
few children' in rural homes ,have at the beginning Of the Stemmer.
access
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to 'supervised s
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imming '! The. Bret, c. asses were :opened at: • :too'"u many the 'Wet -Of juISf.--arid•Thead; pepils
youngsters from the country areas; have already completed the .four-
reach -adulthood
how
knowing week training period. .Although the
anything of to leek after prime purpose s ee- the instruction
thernielves in the water. this summer is, not necessarily to
A committee was formed; and in i teach the youngsters• td swim, 40
the course of time questionnaires percent of them could'do so when
were sent to families throughout the lessons• were" Completed: last
the Township of Howick, asking week.
7fE4i; WE GET AROUND—Dur-
eng ,Mrs,' W. J. Greer'e recent stay
Bereaude„she was surerised and
;delighted to Meet a former -friend'
;when' 14trs, Greer was teaching, at
sFoedveich, and With *hem she had
Most "csoinitaete It developed that a
,friend • of Mrs, Greer's'. in Moose
Jaw had received a copy of The
AdvineaTimee Which reported that
the Wingharn party intended to
:holiday , inBermuda. The Moose,
Jaw Wend forwarded the "clipping`
o. the mutual, friend who ,is em, -
pleyed the • Princess HOtel
Hamilton,. Beinauda,,, and she in
tern pnoned all the guest homes
"uatil,ehe found where., Mrs.
Greer and her party were,"Stying.
Ow that's.* long way around, bet'
the reitultenOtenewel •of atipiains
tanceship, was none the less plea-,
Sante , We dare glad to have helped.
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CUTTING DISCS—Slim.. Boucher
and hie boys •thia week signed, up.
Aleitii! the Spartien7Record" CoMPany
_of'.' Cinidettei ntaW„ne*eiese
;records "oVer"the••next three years.
first' disc, • ewe' instrumental
inientieree "Plippie' ' :Tout Lid" and
.e'PrEtirie StoMp" Were released yes-
terday and will soon be heard in
the Peke boxes all over the country,
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end • BYRON ADAMS HAS New Manager at
Toronto.Dominion
INTERESTING FLINT John B. Bunstedtler who ;has
New'Manager
IPALCITIL
On Monday of this week Mr. and
Mrs. Alton Adams received an air-
letter from their sere Byron, who:
left last week ,for, the Boy Scout
Jamboree in England.
Byron had a good flight ` and
touched down at Shannod airport
in Ireland about 15 hours after he
left Melton. This, Bsrronesays, was
only a short re-fueling.stop and the
large Super Constellation took off
again for' Beeline almost before
the 140 Boy Scouts and their lea-
dere aboard the giant plane had
time to realize they, were so far
from home,
Byron is staying with a family •
of the 'rottintb-Ifibriiidion 'Bank for
the paist .years; has"become
manager of the • Winghani brabch
and arrived in toivri to take over:
his new appointenent last'sveek His
wife, the fernier. Mary F. Blink
horn, of Kitchener, and their four.
children, 1Vrary,Frances, •John Louis,
Christine and •Helen, will join him
here as soon as Mr. Runstedtler
can find seitable accommodation.
Mr. Runstedtler has been, in the
banking profession -for more than
thirty years, ." He was born in
illespeler, During his stay in El-,
mira he was chairnian of the
swimming pool committee and
chairman of the Elmira recreation,
committee, •
WINOHAM BRANCH NO. 180
CANADIAN LEGION
Members of the above branch
wish to make it known that they
have no connection with a maga-
zine subscription campaign in
Huron County sponsored by the
Clinton Branch of the Canadian
Legion, Part of the proceeds are
to supply sickroom equipment to
residents in Huron County. The
Wingham Branch can supply
wheelchairs, hospital beds, etc., at
no charge to anyone by courtesy
of the Canadian Red Cross So-
ciety. Signed,
President Canadian Legion,
John Pattison,
(Winghain Branch) F24,31b keit
BUSINESS CLOSED
Percy Clark's heating and.
plumbing buliness will be closed
Aug, 5 to Aug, 10, inclusive, F31b
LUCKY', .THE CHAMP—Lucky
Ambeault will appear this Friday
evening rover the CBC- network de-
fending his twice-won fiddling
chimPferiship on the Country Hoe-
down, show. ,Local TV fkns have
been 'watching Lucky's progress
with interest.
NOTICE •
Terepleman:e Cleaners will be
P104 kkOill Anguit 5th'to 10th. in-
inclueiVe: ' F31b
iIOWICK LIONS PIROLIC
t141';e14740YitETEIt PARK ,
-.ern Wroxeter Park,, Thersday and
Friday, August 1 and 2. Draw for
over 300 .,dollars in prizes. •Games,
Midway, Bingo, Pony Rides and
Booths. Free dancing each night',
Thursday night, Vice 'Mountferd
a' return engagernent from Bramp-
ton • and Wayne (Sleepy) Marlin
direct from Louisville, Kentucky,
America's Old Time Fiddle Cham-
p*. Ftiday 'night,' Everett Myers
the Great. Magician from London.
Admission 25c, public school .child-
ren , free. Cars free. F24,31b
NOTICE
Huron Comity Royal Black Pre-
eeptetry will parade to St, Andrew's
Presbyterian Church, Wingham,
.at 11 am., Sunday, August 4th,
1957 for divine service, which will
be conducted by Rev. A., Nimmo,
D,D, All Preceptory members
the'area are urgently requested
to* be present at this service.
parade will leave Wingham Orange
Hall at 10.30 ani. led by Woodham
Fife end Drina Band, and will
proceed to Church via Edward,
Victoria and Josephine streets.
Oliver Puniest Winkles Campbell,
beurity Master County Registrar
cy oerore ana alter the
Jamboree. About the first thing
he did, he said, was to Write home
and he will be keeping in touch
with his family and readers of The
Advance-Times aertng his stay in
England.
District Scout Commissioner Ar-
chie. Gowanlock was among the
many people -at. the Malton -airport
last Wednesday to see the. Scouts
from this distriet leave. Pelee to,
the take=off the,Scouts held a brief
ceremony before the large gather-
ing of friends and relatives who
had assembled at tha airport for
the farewell.
Byron's grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. J, J. Trail, of Toronto, were
with the boy's family at* Melton
for the occasion, "
Two Fire Calls
A car beloeging to Wilmer
,Bridge, R.R. 2, Wingham, was to-
tally destroyed' by fire on Satur-
day night close eto the Wingharn
cemetery. Wingham fire depart-
ment answered a midnight call but
was unable to save the vehicle.
On Sunday •at 9 p.m. the fire-
men, were called to extinguish a
blaze at the town dump, The
cause of the fire is believed to
have been the cereless lighting of a
fire too close to the refuse.
98 RECEPTION IN
BILUEVALE HALL.
A reception, and dice will be
held in Bliievale 'Hall on Friday,
August 2nd„ in honour of Mr. and
Mrs. Bob Johnston, nee (Beverley
Kumm), Everyone welcome. F31b heites
Chief object of the instruction at
the menient is to teach •the boys
and girls all the, important. ,rudi-
ments of, Water safety andete in-
'still a sense of confidence: ,in the
water which prevents panee in case
of accident—the Cause of so many
drowriings each year. •
Crest for Graduates
The , classes this . summer . are
confined to 'beginners end e juli,j(iess
who will , be •stented,'bY
examiner 'before the season -closes.
Those who pass the tests success;;,
fully will be awarded a crest to
indicate that these are competent
in the grades in which their heire
received instruction. Next year's
program will advance these same
boys and girls ,to• more difficult
exercises and lifetsaving practices.;
Second Course Started ,
When The Advance-Times photo-.
grapher visited the Gorrie pool ern
Monday morning Instructor Ron
Hube, who is the principal of tne
Fordwich public school, was, giving
his first oral , instruction to two
new classes of children who will,
bennder his guidance for the next)
four weeks: They are first told of 1
the iinpoetance of the course they
are about to •commence and then'
proceed .to 'their lessons in the,
water, one of the most lined/emit
objects being to •overcome any fear
the child may have.
As this newspaper has expressed
in several editorials during the
past spring, it is evident that this
water safety course for rUral,
youngsters is One of the finest ef-
forts We have heard of for a long
time. and tremendous credit is due
to men and women of the com-
munity who were sufficiently far- I
sighted to make and carry out the
plans.
' The locai Red Cross initiated
the move and it is being supported
lAr the Howick Lions Club and the
Howick Legion, 'both of which or-
ganizations are understood to be
prepared to assist financially if
Such action becomes necessary.,
Park Is Lovely Sight
The children who are taking the
water safety course could find no
more perfect setting for their in-
strection for the lessons are gieen
at the- natural bathing pool just
below the darn in Gorrie. The spot
is shaded by the graceful old trees'
which lean out over the water and
on a hot summer morning the very
sound of water rushing over the
darn lends an atmosphere of cool-
hess and peace. ,
Of course the entire community
park at ,Gorrie is'soneething to see
at this time of Year, Lidd out along
the wending bank of the Maitland,
the people of the co/amenity have
made their park a piece of beauty
over .the years by diet of hatel
Week and perseverance, It now
contains an open area for sports
as well a's picnic tables under
Cover, ,SWings and slides for .the
children, bathing house in which
swimmers may change their cloth"
es, barbecue fireplace and broad
stretches-of shady, well-ItePt greet.
•
Truly, the, park and the excellent
course which is being taught there,
are both a ere,dit to the people of
Gorrie and 'the ,stittentiding di .
trict,
ENGAGEMENT
Mr, and Mrs. Clarence Rath, Bel-
grave, announce the engagement of
their daughter, Sandra Adelle, to
Mr. Karl Dale Whitfield, Only son
of Mr. and Mrs, Lewis Whitfield,
Blyth. The wedding Will take place
early in August, ,
W. E. Hammond Was
Faithful Churchman
A highly regarded: resident of
Wingham, William E. Hammond,
of Calrling Terrace, died at the
VVingham General Hospital, on
Tuesday. He was 82 years of age,
and had been •ill for the past four
months,
Mr, Hammond was born in. Wel-
lesley Township, the son of the
late James Hammond and Mary
McLean He Was married at North
Mornington Presbyterian Church
to' Margaret Martin of Carthage
and for ten years he operated an
implement business in Wellesley
Township, later spending twelve
years as a traveller for a farm,
machinery company. They moved
to Wingham 36 years ago and for
14 years prior to. his retirement in
1950, Mr. Hammond was the care-
taker 'at the public school.
A faithful member of St. And-
rew's Presbyterian Church, he had
served as an elder for,34 years and
as a member of the choir from the
time he came to Wingham, Prev-
ious to that he had been an elder
in Alexandria Presbyterian Church
in Brantford,
He is survived by his wife,, one
'daughter, Mrs. Thomas (Dorothy)
Dent, of Woodstock; two sons,
'Alvin, of Toronto and Ralph, of
town; one daughter, Helen pre-
deceased her father. A brother and
two sisters also survive, Fred Ham-
mond, of 'Kitchener, Mrs. P. H.
(Etta) Chalmers, Toronto and Mrs.
Roy (Hattie) Thomas, London.
There is. one grandson.
Funeral arrangements had not
been completed at time of writing,
Mrs. DuVal Wins
Second Round
Mrs, A, R. DuVal, who won the
sub-district singles Provincial lawn
bowling match in Walkerton last
week, won her second match by
defeating the champion of Sub'
district A, in Stratford on Monday.
Her opponent was Mrs. Alfred
Crossett of Tilleonburg," who Was
the Globe and Mall whiner of 1955.
Next week Mrs. DuVal is to moot
the champions of three other disc
triets, (Hamilton, Kitchener and
London) to ,play for the Western
Ontario championship, The Winner
bf that round-robin thee goes on to
Hatailebn to meet the champion of
eastern Ontario for the Provincial
Singles Championship, (Singles
Competition),
`l gnu ,
At the request of a number of citizens
I HEREBY PROCLAIlVI
MONDAY, AUGUST 5th, 1957
rover,
Adams Hairdressing will be cloS-
ea. hem August 3rd to August •12th.
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A': PUBLIC CIVIC HOLIDAY
for the tow of Wingham
I hereby calktiion all good citizens to observe tile same?.
McKINNEY,,Mayor John. B, Runstedtler who arrived last week to take over the positioh, ut
manager at the Wingham branch of the Tokorcto.tiomialon Bank.
e ,AclearieesTleilee vhoto.
NOTiCE
Uneltrityre's Bakery will be closed
from. 'August 5th iCith, • nib
ENGA,GEISIENT
Mr. 'and Mrs. Edwin Gilman of ,
Mildmay, Ontario, announce 'the,
engagement of their daughter; Jac-,
cpiellee Margaret to Mr, Raymond ,
Bby GOwdy, soti Of Mr, and Mrs,
Harry GoWdy, of Wroxeten The
wedding will take pined he Meta,
itosh thtitod, Cher* BehnOre, on
Saturday, August ‘111th, at three
, o'clock, P31.*