HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1960-01-27, Page 1Reg.N., instructress. Doris Piekoll, also
of Wingham, second front right, looks an: Hospital
administrarix; Mrs. L Morrey„ Itcg.N., was master
of ceremonies for the event.—Advance-Times photo.
RECEIVES CAP--Jane McKagne, of Wingham, a
metnber of the group taking the certified nursing
assistant's amuse. at the 'mil hospital, is shown
second from the left, as she received her cap at a
special ceremony hist Wednesday, from Mrs. W. E.
With which is amalgamated the G nrrie Vidette and Wroxeter Nowa
WINOIIANI, ONTARIO, W.K1,104SVAY, jANUAlitar 27, 1960 SIMILE, COPT- eat;
LEAVE FOR MITCHELL
couucil free to-,yrrirle • on' -Tau' ine
tiafieri and Nail-Wog, The plan-
ning Nara wooid also have coh-
trot- of land'transfera. Which
would have to be upproved by the
board before being' registered.
in explaining the formation of
such a board Mr. Sralth.sajd that
„under the Act, the bokrd. eifittta
"ehit of 4, 0 or nignberS, plus the
*May o • a a it n ge'of 040 Members
Anyone -could SIV0p. the board ex-
VePt -town eraploy(tes,.:The firot re-
-cornmendatien Dir •a member was
that he ehould.be. abie.to use good
common 3 en* 4C1 he a person in..
terested in the welfare of tne com-
munity, Monfbero would he ao'.
pointed by• Outwit for three-yeat,
terms, with.: twe -members retiring
eaeh year. . .. •
It was also .painted out- that if
the toWn was' deeignit".ed a$ a plan-
ning area, 'end a planning boar.r
set, up, the sub.ellaision -Control by-
law uow in foree would- be rescind-
ed and decisions now: being made
by various goVernmeat, depart:
Puente wbuid be made at the locat
level, although regulations wreittild.
-have to be followed,
the possibility of a 'zoning
wa$ diocussed as a project for the
planning board and' council was
A special meeting of• the. Wing.
ham town .council waS held last
Thursday 'eveeing, to eons:der the
setting up of a planning board for
the Community.
Attending the meeting in an ad-
visory capacity were Howard Smith
and William Biggs of the Jinn of
Dryden Smith, plaintieg,- consul-
tants, Kitchener. ° The' mayor explained what had
been done along the 'line of Plan.-
ning -previously by other•
'and said the consultants had' been
brought in to advise on the sub-
ject as they were experts in this
field.
Mr, Smith told emincil that there
Would be a -numlue of advantages
if Wingharn had trpianning board.
He said that the°' first step would
.be to pass a resolution requesting
-the Department -of Planning and
Qevelopment to designate the town
as a planning area, and to set ap
a, local planning board under the
Ontario Planning Act of 1955, •
Once ..approval had been given
the board wouIld act in an advisory
group to (Munch, and Could. he .giv.
en authority -to study any project
at the request of *council, although
council eould aceept or rejeat such
reco'mmendationo. it would leave
W, -Orval. Struthers, who has - been the popular manager of the Wing-
barn branch of the Canadian
Bank •01 Commerce for the past:
four arid. a half years will leave in
March to become manager of the
Mitchell branch of the same bank.
News of. the departure of Mr..
find Mrs. Struthers will be learned
with regret here, for both have
• . been . active in community life,
• '"1/1:r. Streithers• ia• a Member of 'the
Libno Club, the Masonic Lodge,
and has been ..treasurer of the Re-
tarded Childron'.s Association, Mrs.
Struthera':',has taken a lending
place to the organizations of the
'United Church, of which both are
members, Mr. Struthers' son, Tele.
ford, who attended high school
here, is • tiow enrolled at Western
University.
The now manager of the Wing- f larn. branch will he H, H, Hotson,
*Milo at present assistant man-
.ager.:-of the main - branch of the
Bank of Commerce in Sarnia. Mr,
and Mrs. HOtson have a ten-year-
old son. •
, Of "the -Line of Turnberry, on Arthur Street, Wineharn, abont 1.00
• O'clock in the morning, by L. O. Rryce of TurnberrY, who'hrunedIately
.plaoed the call far medical assistance. They were pronounond. dead, an
tile arrival of Porener Dr. W. A. Crawford of Wingham.
D,EATI•I CAR—Shown above is the 1951 model car in *Mon Murrny
. .
Montgomery 19, of Wroxeter and OConna Thacker, 17, of Teeswater,
Were found dead Friday Morning, The ear is stuck in a snow blink,'
after It had apa.rently slid off the roadway. It was foand just-south
tchene
estern bpildry,:!SOitel ou Dead
e icle
For .Leaders' Assoc
: advieed that, this atbield fall under
:the juriedictioa ' of a. ,Planning.
l board, but the hy.law would require' ' •
. the approval or ttl e Departinent of.,
'Municipal Affairs before going into :
..effect..
Councillor 13iiehatiort asked if the.,
'consultant recommended .a &me..
:ynilig board for a rinya the size- of
'vviiigtui...--T4e allswerorpts 'All
'qu.alified: yes, ai. muCh of the .;pian.. .
°fling involved •individualse-and theY,''
are just as important lo. mall:
'towns .ao in big centres, Mr. Smith- !;
'Woo pointed out that lire (Intario
, De,partan.ent of Planning and. De-• '
velep.meot lo alwaYs willing to be
, of ' assistance .1,6 local boards and
:'• can.•he of tremendous help. .. - . . : • - . . . • ..Fdliowingsthe-diseussiOA with the
. two• erauerts, • couneil , passed the:
" f01.10wing' reSeilittlOO Lori Motion , of
.. That Wheeeaa it iedeeteed tit-14
' drable. that further stepirbe. talma
'to promote. thejietilth, safety, eon-
' venienge and welfare et. the inhabl-
I tants of •the''ToWn of Whugham;.
' and:-., , tt . 0••::' :';', •- .
. 2, aWluereas.-..,itAa le :the ,Opitien Of
. tide ootMell that Lo ()' • clo.4 IS dee
.sirable, that' ii;',1)1analog inlaid be
. established under tho' provisions of
the Plan.ning Aat, 1955; -arid.
- 3, Whereas the corporation' has
retained a firm of, Planning :Can-
sultants to advise it on Planning
4. Whereas it b the opinion •Of
,'Ints.couneil Wel it -is 'desirable Vint
:applicatioo he made to tha•Minister.
:of *Planning and Develppment .th
'define and name a planning .area1...
Now therefore the 'C.:min:ell of 1.110°,,.
Corppration: of the TOwn of Whig-
harn: e '• • - .
1. Make formal application -tri.r,
the Honentrable William McAdam'
Nielele, Minister of Planning • and'
eDevelopment, to define and- .natne 4.
Planning Area for . the Town of ,
Winglia.M...M.- comPliance with the': .
proVisions 'AO_ le. Planotiug Act, .
1955' and. respec fully.suggest that Local Officers .
The-.16c bonspiel for tit West-
-ern FOundry trophy WO. st• Wei at
the Wingharn, Curling eRi le. last
Wednesday. Me,: two•-draw vei
drew a full copaPlement 16
rinks from Kitchener, Sarnia,:',f4lin.
ten, Elmira, Mt. Forest, Teeeiv,‘, ter,
BruSsels, Belgrave and Wingh
Winner of the event was-he
jatnisoe 'rink, ,Kitcheuer„ With
ihret, wine , and .a- -pi lie of -Rh See-
Mrhiapd Mrs. Pym
htertain Choir
On Thursday 1 evening Dr, and
rs; Alexander Malmo; St. And-
rew'm choir members, wives arid
husbands met at the home of Mr.
and Mrs, H. V. Pym for a delicious
turkey dinner,
' Following the supper the afuntaT
meeting of the choir woe held with
the president, Mary Scott, in
Charge,
The officers for, 1960 arc: Past
res., Mary Scott; pros., .lames Mee
test.; vice-pree„ Mrs. Betty blear
gait; sec.-treas„ Mrs. Scott Reid;
press reporter, Mary Scott; Mitole.
reporter, Fl. V. Pyrri, Mrs, N.• Pick-
Mro. J, Ostecon„ Leg.:
gait;. purchasing comm., Mrs..
Gordon...
A.
CorrielIvIrs, 5, Reid, J, McKibbon:
gown comm., Mrs. William Keith,:
Mrs. A. Hastings, Miss F. WilsOM•
George Henderson; social email.,
Mrs. H. Sherbondy, Mrs, 13. David-
son, ElizaJbeth McKinney, ,Xtuth
s' Henderson, Ruth Ann Hue 'on;
nominating cemen.„ JOhn Den
son, Nelson
• Mr, Pyrn latWoreil with table
selectiOns- and the group joined I
• singing favorite songs.
dgers Wig'103
OWAStri',Elgin
me. vv.:11.1*tiala sppti§ioa's
monthlY meeting nr".11.14!, linkt .415ka
daya, •Feth• ru ary 1st, arokte..•
hottee. 43W:dries's of impoiIitua6,;fOr
t'lle ern/ling Year iS On the agenda, 011est speaker,' Sparky Weiler, .elf
Walkerton, with 'films. Every mem-
ber urged to attend, Non-no:rebel's
welcome, ' F27h
the kenning Alt 'be Owned -me.
Wingliana Plannin Area% anil thk
the° litofta,,,of .,the'',f4Anriogr .Area
defineete'..aek .beinge. the , Corporate.
1:)/7.toY
..as.jrorn -.tinut.tallit(,•-•• ongititted.-
Informlat •Mt star that if a
'Pla,nning ace.o is defined re-
quested it is the intention of .the
cottneil te appoint a Planaing
Board in aceordaAce with the pro-
visioes of Section 3 .of the. Plonning
Act, 1955 saki board to consist of
'four members.
ond in the same 9 o deck draw was
•D, Miles, of ClititOn,.with tWo wins
.tind a plus in third place
was JIM filbates4of,13elgrave, with
two wins 4,.1,11(1 a Olus. 4.''Consola-
lion. went' Le' 'ir.-ipOrter, of Tees-
water.
H. Thogias,• of llriesoelS, won the
',rile:hien :draw with . three wins
arat- piuS of 0; ith M. Rite, of.
. Wilightem, . comin , 'for second
wiIih-favo wins and ,Iilteo of it, ay
y,,•4 Lit, Clinton, third !Cspot
-IvfnittaYi W.IngliON tOOkthe a me
•
saW' plea fY.'
gulad curling WIWI two. games go-
ing into an. extra' tad to break a
tie. Tom .Currin, general manager
of the Western FcieridrY, presented
the trophy to the Kitchener power
house skipped by Tad :Jamison.
Barry • Fry stepped into the
'breech on Monday night when the
°Wingharn • ..Intermediates" goalie
was unable:to attend the game in
Port...Eigin.„ .13a-try did a fine job
in the - net and the Dodgers came
out with a 10-3 score in their
favor.
Ken Corson, in a scoring mood,
banged in three goals. Ken Woods
and Doug Murray got two each
and Maurice Staintort i Murray
ltainton and Bruce . Lott had
ingles.
DONNA THACKER
EUCHRE FOR PARK leUND
A euchre party will be held in
Gilmour's School on Felday even-
ing, January 29th. Proceeds, In aid
>Of the Park Fund. 1027h
N 0113CE
Annual meeting of the Beigrave
School' Fair will be held or Wed-
nesday, February 3rd, at 1.30 p.m.
in the Belgrave Community Centre.
Everyone interested in the Fair
mid Music Festival will be most
welcome, F27b
BARRY:: OWN:
SERIOUSLY MINE
•-•,' - arry Certfon,°34.-Ye r-et f404'
Mr. and Mrs; Gordon Corson,. of .ike
Teeiwater, waa badly burned at his
home on Thursday neon and 1$•••at,
present a Patient in Wiiigham }lose
pital. He will retnoved to a
London hospital for Skin grafting,
as. soon as final arrangeMentS 'can
be made. '
, Barry and, his:- younger sister,
Canay, were. standing Pear the
stove when he teached „up
pulled a saucepan of. hot 'peas ccycr
on himself. father immediatelY
saw what. waS* ,happening and bY
,quitik -action managed to ',save;
Candy, but was unable - tO. keep
Barry from being burned,
The little lad was. sal:tided 'down
one side to. the waist, with bad
'burns down the side 'of his 'face;'
neck and Shoulder, and both handsi
It is -expected that grafting will be.
necessary .. on the shoulder .and
neck,
!Howard Pyto, :II-shorne Township,
-"arae elected Area:1dg* .of Ahe..,.13tae.
reinie_CouotY •a-H Le'adere Assoela-
'Lion as that troop .met 'io 'Clinton
oo Monday. Efe, sueevecei'TtbiltMee
Michael of Wroxeter.
Vice-peesident is George Under--
wooe of Wingham and Maurice
Hallahan Belgrave was 'eleCted
secretary-treasurer.
The following were• named as•
directors of the Association:. Beef..
jim Smith, Brussels; dairy, Cliff
Bray, Brussels.; swine, Bill; Turn.e
bull, Brussels; tray tor. Bob. Henry,:
Bly-th; grain, Jim Renwick,
fond; -field crops, Larry Wheatley,
Ron - McMichael was appointed to
repreeent• the association with the
county Federation of Agriculture.
New regulations in regard to the
age. Lof members states -that the
minimum Is • 12 years of age by
;Pam. 1, 1961 and maximum under
21 on Dec. 31„1900.
Over 50 leaders representing 26
clubs attended the meeting, at
which the Ontario Department of
Agriculture tendered a noon ben-
quet Douglas Miles, agricultural
representative for Huron and Ids
associate, Don Grieve, were hosts.
Achievement ay
RECEPTION IN WHITE:CHURCH
A reception -will be held in the
Cemmuritty Hall, Whitechureh,
Saturday, January 80th, at 9 p.m.,
in honour of the marriage of Mr.
and Mrs. till Gibson, nee Kathleen
ViSher, following their wedding
that afternoon. Music by Farrier's
Orchestrie F27b
• Tragedy struck. this . eommunity
' when, two yoting People Wefel dis-
' covered dead in a Car at 8,3(117'444Y
morning. The 'car, a 1.951::Ireirel,
was stuck in a suowbank Arthiir
:Street, a few hundred yards° south
of the B Line of Turnberty Trityri.
shipr immedlateiy-roorth;t0csti--
ttiven , •
Dead are Dorina.TheiiikOZ- ;.
Teeswater and rXurffiy`' V441,8„,
ery, 20, of Mr.r(npeter.:
They were found. by'L. 04,0,
of Turnberry, WhO. Qtr..alt
McKibben, Coroner W.,'•
-Crawford was calledand print:011Lnc-
ed the young. people, dead: on .his
arrh:al the scene. Pollee''chief
Gordon Deyell 'of 'Whighain'ThiWit-
tigated.
There Were seVerarrintorCia to
]the length. of time tl-n n nCarn.;41.ad
;been in the ditch, .110. -0,eitistable
James Miller, during the eo,hrai of
,his rounds, -did not. spot.••tfie,1,--ear
-when he travelled .the: street, about
:1 aan. There soMe"Anictigtion.
that the car may liave'beeeAliere
.itt 3 a.m. and the tail' iight.S.;",uteere
noticed -hy a nearby 'resident' at
.5.30 ant It is also un.derStood.:fhat-
the motor of the ear Vas 'running
when it was fourid,
Actual eause of death has • not
bean announced, pending an in-
quest which will be held at Wing-
ham on Wednesday, Feb. 10th.
The young people had not been .
rcoorted missing . before the car
was found.
Donna Thacker was the daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs.:Harold Thacker,
of Teeswater. She is survived •by
her parents, four sisters and a bro-
ther. Employed at the C. LloYd &
Son plant, she boarded with- Mrs,
David Cathers on Minnie Street.
Murray Frederick Montgoinery
was the only son of Mr- and Mrs.
Fred Montgomery of Wroxeter. He
had been employed as a truck driv.
er since graduating from the Wing-
ham District High School,
MURRAY. MON fuoatir_IRY
Held t District School
Capping Ceremony
of clothes cleset accessories, 'with
Marion Hickey as commentator.
Lila Black was the commentator
for the Beigrave display on the
storage of hats and small acciessor.
les, Lorna Woods, of the Beiniore
club, explained her group's exhibit
on ways of storing shoes and She-
son Hubberd was commentator for
the Lakelet club, whose members
had a set of 'clothes closet acces-
sories on dispiay. Miss Scott gave
comments on the exhibits.
Mrs. Otto Popp, of Dungannon,
W.I. district president for 'WM
Huron, extended greetings from the
Women's Institute branchee in the
dietrict, who sponsor the. home-
making coursea.
Quite ati number of girls had
-completed their secend project and
were presented Veith their eerti-
ficates of achievement. Those who
received county honor certifieatea
and -pins tor emnpleting their sixth
emirses were Nancy ahl
Lois •Sittamone of Belinore, Marilyn,
tameron of the ColWanash .club,
Dorothy Rutledge of Dungannon,
Rirton, Bluevale• and Jan*
douwinua Wingham.
Mrs, Patricia Gamble of Blue-:
vale and Mrs. Margaret Tait of
Auburn qualified for the provincial
tionor certificate and pia, which'
signifies twelve coMpleted projects.
'They were presented' with these at
SaTtlIred44Y:Hs 6Ic•i"ottiltietking cluba in
.fluren have chosen "Meat hi the
Menu" for the tpring projttt
Enjoy Hearty Lunch
Over 100 gide from eleven 4-H
Homemaking Clubs in this area
registered Wingham District
-High Sehool on Saturday morning
for Achievement Day, the culmin-
ation of the project, "Clothes Clo-
sets Up-Lo-Date". Miss Jean Scott
of Guelph, supervisor for county
:home economists, Miss Bette Till-
man, home economist for Huron,
and Mrs. Robert McKereher of
Dublin, also a home economist,
Were present, and acted as judges.
The clubs attending Achievement
Day were from. Auburn, Belgravc,
telanore, Blyth, Bluevele, Colwan--
ash, Dungannon, Gorrie, Lakelet,:
St. Helens and Wingham. Each
club -has •two leaders who instruct
the girls throughout ,the course,
Eaoh girl exhibited her record
hook end the things 'she had made
during the. course. The 4-H mem-
bers were alSo required to plan a
set of clothes .elo3et accessories and
to judge a class of laundry bags
-and a clasa of another type of ac-
cessory, -giving oral reasons for
t.heir choice. 'Each girl -who com-
pleted ihe project was presented
!with a 4-11 sterling, silver teaspoon.
1111011. club had a chotee 'of pre.
aerttlfig dernonstratirm or skit,
•5 a -club exhibit. Skits- and de-
allOnetratiOna Were eillOSEITI by Blue-
Vale, tlyth, Calwanash,. Dungan-
non., (Miran, St. Helens and Wing-
ham. The comments were given
by Mrs. 111eXerchm
Pour, clubs those -to display ex-
hibit% Auburn's exhibit was a set
At Club Meeting
Fronk Caskihette, Terry Nethery,
Bob- W41sh. 'Harry Carrick and
Charles Davidson •gave NRA. safety
instruction at the meeting of the
junior ConservatiOn Club on Moh-
clay night, when they held their
regelar unerring at the club, house.
Carter assisted SlIm touther
in hand guns ate: hand gun load-
ing instruction as a follow-up
conta for the boys who had. re-
cently paeseel examinations. -This
group also reeelved lostruttion
front Mr. Boucher on spin casting
and the use of artificial :WO;
;Aim t outlier barbequeld
pounds of pigs' tails, Which made. a
deliciouo lunch and the boYs Were
selved by Ws. toucher, Mtli. tab
Watch and Mrs. Chailes bat/Ida-on.
Andy Mitchell, who was a guest
tiV? meeting, rtonatta t4e Ngs,
tails .rtt club is also grateful to
Macintyrec takery for. suhPlYing
the bread and Baleson'a twr*: tor'
OO Pinto of chocolate milk. -
The next ineeting wilt be held on
February Stb,
•
ANNUAL =MOM'
The Wroxeter 1-011,11bri6 CO. Ltd.,
NVIJI bold their annual tneeting
VridaY. Jan. 1l9th, 11647, in AV:cm-
eter Town Hall 1:30..P,M. 'Wil-
fred presictent. F1027-b
Held at HGS pita/.
Wednesday afternoon of last
week the recreation room of the
nurses' residence at the Wingham
General Hospital was the scene oi
the capping ceremony for lite
twenty members of the september
-class of 1959..
The families and friends of the
students were welcomed my Mrs.
Morrey, admini.eratrix,
Mr.hz Was Chairinark for the cere-
mony.
entered ,cairying white
candles wnich they later lit frent
the centre taper. The cappieg
ceremony was carried out •by Mrs.
W. E. Fielding, Reg.N., ibstrue
tresk The Florence Nigining9,1e
pledge was repeated U112:2!JIL.
NM% Morrey caned to the attcti-
tIon of the group that the hospital
"dimes nietto is "Service Above
Self",
•Mrs, Jack .Currie and Mra- Ruch ,
ard Rilpatrick praented New Tes-
taments on behalf of the Le dies
Auxilia.ty of the 'flit:law-. Mite., A.
onnerin'endenn, and
Mrs, J.. Kerney, Reg.H.,
superintendent, pret:;ented bandage.
'Soiskn-s- the
The NU t80$1 'Gke Club, muter
the. .diteetion of :Ars, J.. Kerney,
Walt Nth:0.M. Wilson at the piano,
sang, '"It Is No Sdecret, . •
, Utter. the friends and relatives
'Onloyed ,i'sacial hour,
SPORTSMEN'S 1411C11101
• The Witigharn Spertenuere.e'Aftso.
elation will hold a Progressive
Euchre in the Legion 1--.Ionie -on
Wednesday evening, February 3rd,
at 8.30, Lunch Will he served,
Everybody welcome. Good prizes.
Good time, Admission 500, F27,3b
OVI431LNIGHT PARK/Ner
DURING WINTER MONTHS
EffectiVe January 20, 1900, police
officers on ditty -have been instruct-
, ed to place parking tags on all
ears parked over night on streets
hf Wingham, Firie Will be two
dollars for first offence, and five
dollars for second offence, 'mil io
necessary so. that streets can be
properly pleughed. Please no-
operate by keeping YOUR ear off
streets from a.m. till 7 mart,
during Winter atorithe.
•27h
Street COMMittee.
•
DANCE IN WROXETE0
Donee '10 the- betide ef Velker's
rchestra in the Wroxeter Com-
Mortify Hall on Friday, Jan. pom
Slumbered by the Hall Board. FM
DANCE IN Balli
Datice In Memorial rall, Blyth,
Farrier* and his orchestra, SIM'
old tyrrie rnuale •SellaPlied by Garnet
Vartier and hie Orthestra. Spen-
sored by EllYth Agrieultural SOniety.
Popillar Wt*
next is- 'TOM CUrrie,. Winghturt, general. manager,
'Western .Poondry Ltd., Who ptesented the troPhy.
Serena from tight is lit-inlay Menu, Who played
gettind ,A1 thalmets, 'lead,' The link WOilL three
gouts With a plus Lof Zil....-Adintnee-Tintea 'Ode,
W1DST'ERN iPOI.INDRY WINNET(Striwiters of the
Western Foundry trophy, tOp prize in IC IVO,Arratt
bonspiel sponsared by the local curling eitlbo Wes the
ICItchener rink shoWri aboVe, skipped by Cliff
jarnisost, eentre. His vide, ,l'ack tlIls is shown left