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ALONG THE MAIN DRAG
BY The Pedestrian
EADY FOR NEW COAT-
'own employees, with the help of
the grader, have removed the sur-
face of Edward Street preparatory
to the application of paving Mat- ,
erial.
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'BACK HOME AGAIN—lgernhers
of the 21st. Field Regiment, RCA,
wko left Wingham last Friday to
attend the annual militia summer
training program at Camp Pete-
wawa will be returning to town
this Week-end.
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• LITTLE' BOY LOST—Here's a
littie-bRY!"loat atery with a new
slant. During a recent vacation in
the States the four-yearLold son of
tocal b'ecame separated
from his parents at a crowded
State Fair. It seems the small child
was surrounded by helpful officials
Who had been trying for some time
to, get his name, and address with - out any hick. However the child
was quickly returned to his par-
eiitS, thanks to the "Sherlock
.HOlnees" 'deduction of an 'officer
Wise in the ways of Children, The
Officer had simply asked the little
fellpw what he liked to watch most
of,„ all: "Channel 8;" said the mite.
then on it was easy; The-pub-
lic 'address 'announcer broadcast a,
rites age for anyone from the
V,Vingliain area to come get their
son; Could bp the first TX. rescue,
Ross Hamilton
ife in Tragic Draw=
OfFICE WILL.
CLOSE tOR HOLIDAY
HANNA SPEW AT
MNLOUOH FUNCTI N
5$
CONTRACTS LET FOR
PAYING TWO ROADS
neOfers of The Advance-
Times, advertisers and those
who require the produellon of
commercial printing are asked
to date that the office Will be
closed from August 8th tol
net 18th, inclusive, to permit
staff holidays.
There will he ,no issue of this
newspaper during the week' of
August 120., arid the paper will
appear one day later than usual
the, following, week.
Correspondents and 'others
who ,contribute news for these
columns' are asked to, note these
closing date.
FIRE DESTROYS
MORRIS BARN
P'ollowing is• the text of .t4kti ad-
dress delivered ..by Jahn W4Han-
na, M,P.P,, for HurOn"73r1.100 itt the
ispeelal gathering which vvarA held
at Abe Se,' Andrew's Presbyterian
Church, Kinloagh, to mark t4 cen-
tennial celebration at the 'Week.
,end: When this hiStgrie St,cAncl-
row's, Chureh wa,s first founded in
1857, responsible government in On-,
tario was scarcely ten years old,
As time has passed, the .axtent ,of
this, responsibility ;has growa im-
mensely, 'It has grown partibularly
in its'acgard for people as laVdivid-
tmle, which any M.P,P. Can tell
Yeti he is never allowed to ttprget
people really are,
We hear a lot about' praptical
Christianity these days and there
is more-than one: departirient ;cif the
governnierit of Ontario which might
be said to be' marking toward this
end, However, at . this tithe, I
would like to mention some ,6f the
activities of Our Ontario Depart-
ment of Public Welfare whfeh is,
-year in and, year out, 'actively en-
gaged an helping the needy ioung
and .old, the blind,, ,,the dia'pbled,
and those in our midst aw13,0 are
otherwise handicapped, a,'
The department is resPoiEnsible
for the welfare of some' 190,000
people, or roughly taro per Cent of
the population, We have delegat-
'ed the care of these to' our GO',ern-
ment that they may be looked .aft
ter collectively on our behalf.
Some of the programa of the De-
pertinent of Public Welfare, in-
clude:
Blind Person's Allowances,
Charitable institutions, homes for
the aged such as TweedsmUir
London, a C.INLIB. Bonie .for the
Blind:'
Child Welfare , services which in-
clude supervision, of the 55 Child-
ten's Aid Societies in Ontario.
They arrange adoption, cgra for
unmarried mothers, and ;:airatect
neglected children. In bur:
Mediate area there are tvvia, such
societies — the Children's ':Akci•sa.;
ciety of the County of with
head office at Goderich the'
Children's Aid Society, of C. min-
ty of Bruce .at
'alkerton;
Children's Institutions.
Day nurseries.
Disabled persons alloivaaces. '
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Sterling Construction Company.
of Windsor has been awarded the
contract for the hot mix paving of
6.5 miles of Highway 86 west from
Molesworth, as well as the au,'
preaches to the Maitland River
bridges in this area.
The 14.5 miles of No. 4,Highway
from Wingham. north to No. 9
HighWay will also he re-surfaced
with hot mix asphalt, the contract
having been awarded to Cox Con-
struction of Guelph.
ONTARIO AGENT-fiEN,
TO VISIT WINGRAM
Wisp of Smoke Marks Last
Run. of CP :Passenger Train
Fire last Thursday destroyed a
large implement shed on the farm.
of Arthur Edgar, first line of 'Mor-
ris Township, south pf Wingham.
A large pigpen to the west of the
abed, was saved by the efforts of
the Wingham rural fire depart-
ment under Chief „, James Carr.
Firemen kept the building snaked;
with water after the intense heat
ignited the. shingles.
Water was' obtained from a well
near the barn and the brigade's
auxiliary pump was used,
The fire was discovered by nine-
year-old Neil Edgar, who told his
mother, The hoy's father was at
the farm of his brother, Harvey
Edgar, on the second line of Igor-.
xis,"
Besides destroying the building,
the fire charred a hydro pole mid-
way between the house and barn.
A 200-gallon gasoline, tank and a
small drum of oil exploded during,
the fire.
Student Nurses
Hold. Ceremony
Student nursing assistants who
have completed four months of
their ten-month nursing course at
the Wingham General Hospital,'
yesterday received their caps at a'
reception, amid capping ceremony
held in the nurses' residence. Many
of the nurses' parents were present
at the, reception for the probation-
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John. W. Hanna, M.P,P., with the new trophy which he presented: en
Monday evening to the winners of a softball game, between Lnek,now
and Port Albert. The trophy was competed' for ,for the first 'time," at.
the' game, which was a feature of Kingsbridge garden party. The cup
will be awarded ,annually for softball competitipn,
John Fitcb
91st Biithday
On Sunday, July 28th, Mr. John
Fitch celebrated his •91kt birthday
at the home pf his daughter (Ethel)
Mrs,• Lloyd Montgomery. Besides
his family, an Old friend, Mr. Jas. region Faces n~~
Those who received caps were:
Miss Wilma, Brodie, R.R. Bo griora
Ontario; Mrs.• Clara. Elliott, Luck-
now; Miss Betty Ann Danhousen.
Southampton; Miss Aaron Guy,
WinghEim; • Miss Janet 1VIcRae;
2, Allenford, Onta,rio;. Miss.
Nancy Schalk, ' 1, Dentield,
P.ntarkAss;.Marion Shpt tt
Ripley; Miss YOarrne
erland, R.R. 3, Mount BrYclges;
Miss Betty Lou Vassella, R.R. 3,
Goderieb and Miss Donna Wilson,
of Listowel.
Bloodos# for
MRS. ROSS litAmwr,r_o_tv
—U.KNX Photo.
DISTRICT FARMERS
WIN COMPETITION
Wingham 'Council cancelled the
regular monthly meeting, which
was to be held on Tuesday evening
of this week. Reason for the can!.
cellation was the Illness of Mayor'
R. E. McKinney, who was admitted
to the Wingham Gendral Hospital.
on Saturday suffering •from stom-
ach trouble.
Town clerk W. A. Galbraith said
the August meeting of the town
council would probably be held
next week if the mayor made a
speedy recovery.
On Sunday, Atigust 4th, in a
cloud of smoke and steam, Can-
adian Pacific put an end to seventy
years of passenger service, as the •
last train scheduled cut the' Wing-
harnaTeeswater-Oraageville run
,,away"pulled from the. Wingharn
station,
''115$''''"Vg4.: 'WO Trainer' ''Wit'fr
passengers aboard, steamed out at
2.19 pan,, bound for Teeswater.
Officials Of the railroad, com-
pany said that lack of publie
support was the main reason for
closing .the service, which was
first opened in 1887. C.P.R. offic-
ialt said the recently constructed
station just north of the Maitland
River has. passenger 'facilities . but
that the 'new station• was designed,
and building was almost complet-
ed, before the decision to close
the passenger service -was made,
The railway bridge over the river
and the tracks leading to Wing-
Wingham from the bridge are to
be removed.
For the record, the • number of
the `last engine was No, 1081; the
engineer was Alf Hada.way, of
Orangeville; the conductor, Jack
Brawley, also of Orangeville, who
has been conductor on 'the line for
more than 40 years. Fifteen of
the 44 passengers who made the
"sentimental journey" were from
Wingham.
Jolati-W." *area
ceived word from the provincial
Department of Planning and De-
velopment that T. S, P. Armstrong,
agent-general for the Province of.
Ontario in the United. Kingdom,
,will be a visitor to Wingham and
other towns in the Huron-Bruce'
constituency on August 12.
When he is in Winghain the vis-
itor will meet Mr. Hanna, Mayor
R. E. McKinney_ and otheit civic
officials. ,
Mr,' Armstrong, in his , capacity
as the provincial representative in
'Great Britain, is in charge of On-
tario House, in LondOn,, England,
His tour through this area 'has
been arranged by Hon, W. M.
Nickle, of the Department of Plan-
ning and Development, and 'it is
presumed that Mr. Armstrong is
gathering first-hand informatien
about opportunities available in
Western Ontario for British firms
and individuals which are interest-
ed in moving to this part of 'Can-
dee, Wroxeter, ada.
Dangles, of Gorrie, was present.
Stipper was served in picnic style
and 'following this Mr, Fitch was
presented with a blanket, and foot
atool.
Mr. Fitch has one brother,' Ar-
thur, who is 81, and a sitter; Mrs.
Joe Szneltzer, of Regina, who is 85.
FORDWTCH—The Howick Agri-
cultural Society sponsored a field
crop, competition of Garry oats for
Howick and Turnberry farmers on
Tuesday, July 30th, A. J. Schmidt,
of Mildmay, was the judge, The
following are top prize winners'
1st, Edward Powell, Wingham,
88 pts; Robt. Hibbert, Fordwich, 87;
James Robinson, Fordwich, 86;
Wrn. Campbell, Gerrie, 84; Alfred
Bast, Fordwich, 83Y2; Leslie For-
tune, Wing•hain, 83; ,Glen Mc-
Michael, Wroxeter, 82; Gordon
Grey, Bluevale, 81; Geo, Under-
wOod, Winghana, 80; Fred Doable-
COUNCIL POSTPONES
MONTHLY MEETING
Ivie in be IS 'el th e7Wi
,f the Canadian Legion were dis-
turbed to find out at their 'regular
1
meeting on Tuesday evening that
they had been charged $290 for
their recent blood-typing drive, I
DeWitt .11/filler, chairman 'of the
blood' typing committee, informed I
the meeting that the Legion had 1
'received a bill tO"this amount from
Stratford General Hospital after
$a had, been deducted from the
original account of $232, or $2.00
per person typed, \ I
John Bateson pointed' out that if
the drive had been more successful
and 500 people .had turned out,
the account for this service would
have been $1,009.
Comrade Miller said that the
committee had no idea that any
charge would be made for typing
when the campaign was started
and in fact was not aware that the
blood samples would haVe to be ,
sent to Stratford. There was a '
shortage of whole -•blood at Wing-
ham Generala Hospital and the
drive had been put into operation
in a sincere effort to rectify the
situation, The only Cost involved
as he understood it was the' print-
-REAL C-0-0-L MAN!
of .cards en WhichAhe different
blood 'groups Would be inserted.
After: sonic, debate; on the subject
it was deCided to hold. the: question
over until the next 'meeting since
the branch was' of: the'. Oninien that
the payment ,of the bill shoulala be
considered in greater l detail. It
was stated that it was ,i-LOC:a.; ques-
tion of thea branch. ant•paying , the
cost of the blood typing but that
since it, was not fully,realiaed at
the begianing . of •campaign
that such an e*pense would' be in-
curred' it Was felt' that 'mare time
be given .to, the matter 'at
the next meeting. . N •
It was, decided that 'theYlrianch
would• pay for.the` use Of the Wing-
ham Arena on, shaaay, Jtinef3dth.
The cost of the arena? origi-
nally to be paid by the 'Turnberry
Tliwnship Centennial Committee
but the branch felt that, since they
had 'the use of the arena on that
day, they ,should paY, rather than
the Centennial Committee.,
President ' John Pattiaon, said
that the drumhead service held in
Wingham in connection with 'the
Turnberry celebrations was a com-
plete success and he asked that
the secretary of the branch write
BREAKS ARM
Mr. `Chester Higgins, Blyth, had
the misfortune to fall recently,
breaking his right arm, His many
friends wish for a speedy. recovery, to the CKN2Ca television station and
ACCIDENT VICTIMS td others who had contributed to
the success of the occasion thank-
. i ing them lot' all. . that they had
The entire cOMP/Wittr 1141,11
ly Oneelied on Friday
when it was leitOrcl that Mrs. Row
Hamilton, g9, had jest her, hitir in
,drowning , accident at Point
Clark, A guest at the: cottage of
Mr. and Mrs, Jack Gorbutt .3r„
-Mrs. ,Hafp.iltcvn and WO. Garbutt
bad gone. for a swim aboilt 2.30t
High waves were enining on Sher*
at that time end itis ',believed that
both were' caught the• rough'
water and milled into
Mr, Qorhutt's celes,for assistanea:
were heard by Rev, James Mc-"
Fadden, of Cape Croker who oc.,
cupies a cottage nearby He. launch.
ed a boat and was able to .rescue.
lyrr; Gorbutt, but Mrs. 'Hamilton's
body had already ' disappented:. It
was recovered about an hour and .
a half later by leirn.14Tadalint of
Beaehville
Artificial resPiration applied by
Constable Kenneth Fry of..,the Ifin
sardine., police, failed to' bring. any •
response' and the ' coroner,
14elliwell,, of Kincardine; ,pro-
nounced the accident'. victim dead
and depided that no Own* would
be held. • •
, • , Well KilevYA BOW
Both 11/0. and Mrs. Hamilton are
extremely. Well and widely known
to all in ;this community. Ross has
been a staff member of CKNX: for
many years, since. the. •early day'a 'of
the station, and hia wife, came.: to
worst at CKNX spine: time before
her -Marriage, e,ight. yergrilago, A .
talented soprano she 41.S.4
heard on many ;CKNX .progrinis
over the Years,' 'as Well •aa:-In the
Presbyterian Church choir and, at,
dozeni Of other functions, here,
She. was of a "particularly: !unity,
and pleasant, .4413, 040k 'l :Agtle:.0;•;k: created friends lei •;:hei in' all
knew her, She' Was- a' riternber:4
past president of the 'Kinette ub
Was;; a.11040P,T
Andrew'S,Tresbyterien •Churelf.art
of the.Goforth, Auxiliary ',of ":the • .•
same church, and h *ember ax the
Order of the Eastern.Star.• She will
be sincerely and .deetily'Misied. by
all.
Born at Mitchell 1:),iiMay 21',4928,'
she was the' former'Liiis Whitney;
daughter of .I‘fr. 'and Mrs., .0. A.
Whitney. She attended public
sehOol there and as 111 small girl
became widely known • as -a vocal-
ist. Later, she: t11.0YO'llitli,:her -par-
enth to, Seafrortli•and.:after.
pleting her edneationi came to work.
at the local radio ktittioh. as it Mein-. - ry r • bey of the clerical staff in .addition
to which she Was' regularly. heard"
on broadcasts.,With .of. •
the television 'station Site was often •
seen on CKNX programs
'Her husband is advertising sales
manager of the televisien 'station.
The body rested at the Whitney,
funeral home 'in Seaforth Until
2 p.m. on Monday, when service.
was .conducted by Rev. A. Nimmo,
D.D,, of St, Andrew's Presbyterian,
ChurCh, Wingham, Rev. Bruce •
Hall, S.D., and Rev. D. G. Camp-
bell, B.D. Interment' 'was in, the
Wingham Cemetery, pallhearera
being John Crewsoit, Jack. Gorbutt,
Jack Lloyd, Wingham, Murray
McGill, Mitchell, David Stewart
and Don Hillis, Staforth. 'the floral
.tributes were carried by cousins of
the deceased, Ted and Bob Farrel,
James Miller, Ross and Jitn ,Whit.r,
ney and Murray Bancroft,
83rd Birthday
Mr. A, (Andy) Stein, of R,R, 2,
Mingham, ,,, celebrated his 83rd
birthday on Thursday, August 1st.
Still in good health he is a great
lover of television and visits daily
by ,telephone with friends iii the
neighborhood. East wishes are
extended to Mr. Stein for many
more biathdays..
NOTICE
Ruth Lott's Beauty Parlor will
be closed until August 15th. 7*
'10
NOTICE
Mrs. Harold Foxton's Beauty
Shoppe on Diagonal Road will be
closed from August 12th to 17th
inclusive. F7* Saturday's Big Program
Frontier Days Highlight
ENGAGEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. 'Charles Robinson,
of East Wawatioak Wish \ to an-
nounce, the engagement. of their
daughter Joyee 1Vharie Robinson to
Mr. 'Stewart John Copeland, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Copeland,
Of Wroxeteia The wedding, will
take place in ,Brick United Church,
On Saturday, AugtiSt 31st. F7b
;ENGAGEMENT
Mr, and Mrs, Joseph Deitner of
,1, Ethel announce the en
gagernent of their daughter; Oath-
' erine Aileen to Mr, Dennis Francis
teddy, son bf Mr,'and Mrs. Ray-
, Mond Leddy, of St, Augustine, 'The
wedding to take place in St, Ant.
brose Church, Brussels, on Satur-
day, August 31, at 9 'o'clock.
TREATED. AT HOSPITAL
Eighty-threcaYear ,old Mrs, Ja-
mima Sellers; R,a, 4, Wingham,'
was allowed home from' the Wing-
ham General Hospital on Tuesday
after she had been treated for a
fractured wrist, which' she suffered
in a fall at her home.
Young Stephen Tiffin, the 2-year-
old son of Mr, and Mrs,alohn Tif-
fin, of Wingham, had the end of
hit toe amputated by a lawn mow-
er on Priday. The child was taken
to the Wingham General, Hospital,
where he Was treated for his in-
jury, The boy is Still in 'hosital,
but his condition ,is said to be sat-
isfactory.
Admitted to the hospital on Fri-
day, after the truck he Was driving
had left the highway, was Douglas
Widdls, 20, of TeesWitter, Widdis
received a fractured collar bone
and facial lateeratletui When he was
thrown from the cab of the truck.
Hospital officials said yesterday
that his condition was satisfactory.
IENT4OtistilNir
Mr, anti Mrs, Albert Nesbitt,; of
Blyth ititnOnnee the engagement of
their daughter, MAW' ntleeth U11%4'
beth to Mr, lruee Wilmer 13arrie,
son Of Mr, and Mrs...3'0,61es Ilarrie,
of Myth. The wedding will take
Hosea in Trinity Anglican Church,
,Myth, on Saturday, September , t,
'at 12 o'clock,
A fire plus on Josephine Street made a cooling sight last Wednesday as workmen from the
turned en ,the "cool stuff' to the delight of WOO youngsters and several oldsters standing
around.a —Advanee-Times photo,
Saturday, Aug, 31st will see the
climax of the 1057 version of
Frontier Days as the Lions Club
brings its three-day Wild West
Celebration 'to a close,
The most colorful event of the
day will be, of coarse, the parade
which is Schralled for 1.30 p m, on
Saturday afternoon, No less than
five bands have been engaged to
take part in the parade, and
those who have seen the line-up
of floats, horsemen, old vehicles,
etc., in previous years will not
want to' miss this one,
'One of the highlights of this
year's parade will he the appear-
Once of the Durham Girls' Trum-
pet Band, which is known far
and wide for trim appearance
and precise drill,
Prizes for 11miats
This year the floats Will be
judged at the park, with first and
second prises awarded in each of
six different elettes, including the
best over-all float, best Utile-
drawn float, best comic float, best
To Port Eigin
The Rev, Maurice 1/141\rabb, mini-
ster of the Belmare and Eluevale
t'reshyterian Churehes, has ae-
eepted a tall to l?ort Elgin,
The Ilev. W. J. S, McClure, of
Moltsworth was appointed interim
minister at a Meeting of the Hut*
on.Maitiand Presbytery,
done. , ' •
Seven new members were install..
'ad by Comrade John Bateson, The
new members are, John W. Wilcox,
ILA, 1, Wingham; Jelin LonitaX,
Winghain; Earl Waltz, R.R,• 1,
Wingham; William M. Rest, R.R. 1,
Wingham; Noreen ' Ross, R.R. 1,
Wingharn; Chita, W. Irwin; R.R. 3,
Winghain and Earl Douglas Harri-
son, Winghein.
• President Pattison told Members
that ClarenCe Ohm, a former presi,
dent of the' local branch at pre-
sent serving avith, -United Nations
forces in Egypt had been sick and
he asked that the ohairnian of the
sick 'and visiting committee send
a carton of cigarettes to Comrade
Ohm, He also" stated" that Clarence
Ohm Was expected home some time
in Septernber,
It Was eXpeeted that, a, :zone
Meeting tit'LiOriS Head, under the
alionsetthip of, the Cape Crofter
Indian bran'cb„ was to. be held in
September and that a but would
be chartered fis take rflohabeta from
here to the meeting if enough in-
terest Was shown,
seetetarYwas risked to write
to ,the branch explaining
the situation Whieli existed since.
Clinton had started a magazine
drive, Wiagliani, it was stated; did
not quite approve Of this sehetrie
although Cointinie John Bateson
said only' one , eMnplititit had dank
alltygat
ine
ourbeoede4opettlii; tt. about paitghne
Undertaken' 14/ that OrgattitatiOni • /
service club float, best old-fashibii-
ed float, 'and best bid ,motor '6,.t
hide in original condition, '
At three.eclook the sanie after
noon the Durham Girls' band will
put on a display at the park, to be ,
followed by a rope-spinning dia.
play, variety entertainment •end a,
horse AhriW.
The hlig, feature of the evening
will be the. CKNX Barri Darted
'broadcast from the arena Witli
Over .30 entertainers and special,
artists for the 'occasion. boOr*
open at 7 p.m. fOr the broacleaSti,
1
which starts 'at eight o'elOch 0004,-
Dancing In the arena will follow,,
to wind up the entire events,
The Frontier Days prOgratn
ebintrietthes on Thursday' evening'
When television star, jean Faittak,.
Will 'appear at, the ttietia, to be
followed on 'ktiiittY by Oatitiesi
events ter the YehhigaterS, seki'p
eon of the Prentice 4ite.Ort,- iter4;
th frontier , eiA,,
the eVenitgto . 0,4,1..4.0 014... 14.1.416 Of Wet