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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1960-02-17, Page 1,11111gi ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By ,The Pedestrian WATCH IT NEX"."-CLIVIE— With which is amalgamated the Gotrie Viciette and Wroxeter News WI/VW-1AM, ONTARIO) WEDNEODAY, 10113IIVARY 17, 1969 Barn, 12,000 Turkeys Lo In Big Blaze on Saturda GORME—Mrs, Elizabeth Aran' strong celebrated her 96th 'birth-, day in Wingham Hospital on St,. Valentine's Day. A resitlent. of Gerrie for 31 years, she has spent the last two years in 'nospitale In all, the owner estimated the at $40,000. - Fortunately 45 head of 'cattle 1 the barn were removed and drive to a safe area, before, the barn wait . destroyed, Friends of the. •oWner' assisted him late Saturday evening In providing accommodation 'for the cattle and in getting them under cover, even though- It waft,., owing and blowing. Mr. Adair expressed his thanks to those who bad assisted in- this way, The fire was one, of the most spectacular blazes of recent years, billowing black-smoke hundreds of feet into the air, and attracting as large crowd to the scene. The farm is situated about a half mile off No, 86 Highway, juist east. of Wingham. The large crowd of spectators, which arrived in cant,7 jammed the township road leadingl, to the fire so badly that rr Hydro'' truck which had been called to' hook up pumping facilities could: not reach the scene until the whole' building was in ruins. Provincial Police issued it, warn-, ing that in the- future anyone blocking the travelled portion of a road during a fire, will be charged under The Highway Trafe' fie Act, Mrs. Jas. Armstrong She has a, remarkable memory, but sight and hearing are failing. She is the widow of the late Dr. James Armstrong, veterinary sur- geon of Gorrie, Gorrie friends visited her on Saturday and she and her friends enjoyed her birth- day cake. ' Mrs. Armstrong received a great many birthday cards, letters of congratulation, and gifts. Was 96 Sunday Conunerchil h olel right Mao suffered extensive smoke aria Water damage, Ilrlassels firemen fire ShOWsit In action. The Winghani Reigade Was also pouring water in 'the rear Of the building,—AdVance-' Thitog photo. ' SPECTACULAR FIRE—The large barn -just east of Wingham, owned by Roy Adair, which was destroyed by fire Saturday afternoon, is shown a;t the height of the blaze. Mr, Adair, who is reeve of ham, set the loss at $40,000, with insurance coverage iii the :neighbor- hood of $20,000.—Advance-Timee phpto. THE NED IttILITIARIDGE Men's and ladieen.- wear store in 'Damsels WAS completely destroyed by fire bit TueSdasy afterneett, Sholvn above Is the sterol with dense Make /rehiring from till WiirtloWs, The Itrua- ads Horne F110141116,0 Store, lefty 'and the New Thenext time theie is a country lire, Weal .chasers of fire engines had better "smarten up, or there will ne some•threts. handed out--- so, goes warning from Prov- linnet Police, after the Adair fire last 'Saturday. Cars were parked on the townshie-road in such a man- ner that the fire 'truck -had trouble getting around them, and a 'hydro -truck trailed to hook up a pump, didn't arrive until the whole barn was down. • This Makes a pretty grim, deal, If you own property 'that is on -fire and assistance is held up beeaase,sprae,dare hot parks a • ear so help can't get to the scene of the trouble., BEEN TO A GAME?— It' is pretty discouraging for Hockey players these days the Wingham boys are putting up a good brand of hockey but the fans semis, to be staying home in droves e-hoW about It, 'Wore is all that old interest in the fastest game in the world 0-0.0 RASH OF FIRES- 1060 seems to be .a year for fires, in thib district at any rate. Two this week, one on the edge of Wingham. and another at Brussels have -caused damage estimated at nearly $75,000. That is a lot of hay in any community. Might be a good tine to heed the warnings, and check over the fire hazards around the old homestead. "0-0-0 ANYONE -WANT A BANK?-- George Stokes up' at The Tor- ontoaDominion !Bank is looking for a plate to operate when they tear down ,his. -current.'establishment. At the moment George _doesn't, `know where he is gang to put tzil the ;money be has up there. Could be there MaY be' a few people around interested enough to help him out, 'EUCHRE AND DiarGO • :EUCHRE AT LEGION HOME The regular euchre sponsored by the Ladies' Auxiliary to the Can- adian Legion will be held in the Legion Home Monday, February '22nd, at 8.30. Prizes will be given. Lunch will be served. Everyone welcome. F171) EUCHRE AT BLUEarA.LE r Enjoy a good time at !the Blue- -vale Women's institute euchre Party, in Bluevale 'Community 1.1a11, on Friday, February 19th, at. 8.30 p.m. Good prizes. Lunch pro- vided. Admission 50 cents, 1'17h ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs, G. Roland Vincent, Blyth, Ontario, would be pleased ;me t° welcome their friends arid en- Irquaintances at !their home on Saturday, February 27, 1960 from two to five o'clock in -the after- noon' and seven •to nine in the ,evening, on the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary. 1,0171) EUCHRE IN WROXETER A euchre sponsored by the W.I. will be held in the' Wroxeter Com. Intipity Hall, Thursday, February 18th, at 8.30 p.m. Ladies please bring lunch. Adrnission 250, nib DANCE 'IN IVROXETER Dance to the Music of the Glen Boyd Six in the WroXeter Corn- Inanity Hall on Friday, February 19th, sponsored by the Hall Beard. There will be two lucky spot dances. Dancing begins at 10.15. V17b ENGAGEMENT Mr, and Mrs. Harvey Peidt„ Wroxeter, wish to announce the engagernent of their daughter,- -Shirley -Louise, to Mr. Kenneth .obert Mowbray, son, of Mr. and ru. Kenneth Mowbray, Lucknow the Marriage to take plate early in Mateh, 101.7* Arm King, daughter pf Mi. and Mrs. George King of TeeaWater has been quite ill in Wingharri Hospital Since last Thrtraday. She has been improving ,since the begin ring Of the Week. Nearly 12,000 young turkeys and, one of !the largest barns .in the die- trictwere lost by,fire Saturday af- ternoon when the flaMes -destroyed a barn --owned by Roy Adair, of 'Wingham, on the easterly outskirts of the community. The turkeys were joiluly owned by Mr. Adair and William -1-Hubert, The alarm was sounded about 4 pan. -Saturday, and the brigade re- sponded in record time, However, the fire was too far advanced for the firefighters to bring it under control, A large cement block two- The 'inaugural meeting of the bound of director* of the Wingham General Hospital was held on Fri- day evening, when secretary John Strong was in the chair for the election of officers, who - were named -as follows: Chairman, H. C. MacLean; vice- COMIC OPERA ON NATIONAL TOUR Wingham Lions will play. -host to the !Canadian Opera Company when it performs "The Merry Wives of Windsor", the latest. addition to its 'repertory, and per- formed for the first time in Can- ada during the company's Eastern tour, All, lovers of good music will want to see and hearathis.opera aa. Perferrirreci by -thIS' -greittensa-eibbiy' of. 'Canada's top. professional sing- ing talent. The - story -is based on Shakespeare's play, in a, free but very attractive adaptation. The original German version has been translated by Joseph Blatt, the distinguished conductor, and has been - a great success, in this new ',English translation at the New York City Opera since 1957 in New York City. The performance will take place in -the high school -auditorium on Friday, March 11. Music Examination Results ReleaSed The following is a list of suc- cessful candidates in examinations held recently by the Royal Con- servatory of Music of Toronto in Wingham. The names are arranged in order of !merit. Grade V Theory—History, Pass, Carol E. Pepper. Grade IV Theory — Harmony, Pass, Donna Murch. Grade III Theory—History,. First Class Honours, Gwendolyne J. D. Martin; Pass, Nelson C. 0. Mc- Clinchey, Grade II Theory — 'First Class Honours, Herman deJong, Gail Henderson, Eleanor Reed and Hilda Tiffin, (equal), Kathy Hodgins, June E, Ackert, Elizabeth 'Burrell, Betty Hunter; Honours, Carolyn Lounsion, Katherine MacDonald. Grade I Theory --- First Class Honours, Kathie -Cameron, Phyllis Bradley, Georgina Kieffer, Public May Hear Renowned Band At WDI-IS Thursday Einbhusiasts of 'pool band music will have the opportunity to hear he •internationally knoWn Air Transport Command Band on Thursday morning at 10.45, at the Wingham District High School auditorium. The MI-piece band Is performing at the school, primarily for the students, but since when all stu- dents are seated there will be one side of the gallery vacant, Mr. printripal, has stated that that portion may be used by the public, There will not be an ad- mission fee, but those who wish to attend are asked to be at the school In time to be seated before the program begins. The band is conducted by Mt, Lt. Clifford O. ,Hunt of Hamilton, and has been playing at various Schools In Western Ontario. The Concert will continue for no hair. Last -year -the band travelled to Europe and has also perfornied In the Vetted States. It is Scheduled to play at the Michigan State Pair this fall, storey poultry house, valued at many thousands of . dollars, and situated quite close to the blazing barn was saved from almost cer- tain destruction -byi the firemen. The large L-shaped barn, was 4.0x100. feet each direction, and ;housed _11,'700 birds as well as 40 tons of hay and well over 1,000 bushels of cats and five tons of -corn, which lied been purchased earlier in the week. Also. lost was- an estimated - $8,00in in equipment. Only last year sotrib $3,000 had been spent on repairs to the building. chairman, Roy B. Cousins; secre- tary, John Strong; administratrix of hospital, Mrs. T. Morrey; man- agement committee—R. B. Cousins, chairman, Williams Elston, Barry Wenger, Dr. P. H. Leahy, Alex Robertson; finance committee—A. D, MacWilliam, chairman, W. B. Anderson, G. W. Tiffin, Robert Gibson; 'property committee—De- Witt Miller, chairinan, S. V. Fis- cher, Mrs. N. -D. Cameron, 'John Colvin, Herb Foxton, Robert Gibson, a new member of the -board, who will represent the Township of Howick, was Intro- duced by the chairman and wel- comed to the board of directors, Mrs. dVforrey -gave the statistical report for the month of January which. showed 188 admissions, 21 births, 74 operations, 86 outpatients, 223, X-rays, 7 blood - transfusions, 1288, laboratory 'procedures, 14 electrocardiographs,. hQ at cancer otheehosinials. There-Was a total of 1214 hospital days, or a _daily average of 116 patients for the month, compared with 112 last year. Reporting for the finance com- mittee chairman Ao D. lVfacWilliam reviewed the auditors' statement for the past year and asked board members to examine the statement and bring any questions 'before the March meeting. R. B. Cousins, chairman of the management committee, asked the secretary ,to read a new personnel policy which had been prepared for the guidance of the staff. He also extended his thanks to Mrs, Morrey for the great amount of work which had gone into the prepar- ation of 'tire policy. The chairman of the property committee, DeWitt Miller, said that four new toilets are presently be- ing installed in the original wing of the building. It Was also decided that a floodlight would be placed in- the hospital parking lot on the east side of Carling Terrace. AT THE ARENA Wed., Feb. 17—Skating, 2-4. Intermediate Hockey, 8.30, Thurs., Feb. 18—Public skating, Midget Hockey, 8.09 Fri., Feb. 19—Skating, 3-5; 8-10. Sat., Feb. 20—Pee Wee 'Dickey, 8-11.15. Figure Skating, 11.45-2.15 Public Skating, 2.15-4.15, Piablic.Skating, 8-10, NEVI MAGISTRATE SWORN INTO OFFICE H. Glenn Hays, Q.C., was sworn in Monday as a provincial magis- trate in an impressive ceremony before members of the 'Huron Bar Association, county officials and provincial and municipal police. Frank Fingland, Huron County judge, administered the oath of of- fice in his chambers. An hour earlier, at the opening of a Supreme Court sitting, Mr. Hays, as crown attorney, informed Mr. Justice R. W. Treleaven there were no criminal cases • on the docket. The traditional white gloves were presented to His Lord- ship to mark the "non criminal" docket, Mr. Justice Treleaven congratu- lated Mr. Hays on his new office, during a brief address. Judge Fingland, C. V. Laughtein, Exeter lawyer, Goderich Chief Constable Fred Mins,hall, Mayor E, C. Fisher and Rev R. G. Mac- Millan, also Spoke briefly. • One of Brussels main street busi- ness blocks fell victim to fire on Tuesday at the noon hour, when •the men's and ladies' wear store owned by Ned Rutledge went up in arnolte. Mr, Rutledge left his store prem- ises. at 12,10 end went to his up- Stair apartment for 'dinner. About 12.30 a. frioNl. called up to ;give the ARUM that there was fire In the The trumcis Me brigade Investments Subject At 'Lions Meeting _Ross Munro. of Stratford, was the guest speaker at the meeting of the Lions Club in the Queens Hotel dining room on Friday evening. Mr. Munro gave an interesting talk on the subject of investments, de- Scribing the three main divisions into which investments fall, The first, .he said, is the solid type of bond of which government securities 'are typical; the second is speculative, but reasonably safe investment, and the third the pure- ly unpredictable security, where the investment is a straight gamble. The , speaker pointed out various ways in which investments can mean disaster for stockholders and other ways in which invest- ments can provide secure and pro- fitable +returns. Speaking of Canada's outlook for the future, Mr. Munro said that there is some indication that the next year may see a slight business recession, but that the outlook generally for the next ten years is excellent, He was introduced by Norman Welwoed and appreciation was ex- tended by Ed Edighoffer, who also presented a small gift from the club. In turn Mr. Munro presented Dr. Crawford with a • somewhat novel gift from the Stratford Rotary, Club. Harold Victor Pym was at the piano for the singing, which was led by Jack McKibbon, and Michael McPhail collected the fines. Bob Wood, of the Golden Prairie Cowboys, was intreduced by Lion 1VIcKibbon and provided some ex- ceptionally fine entertainment as he rendered a wide variety of selections on the piano , accordion. responded, and placed a call for . further assistance to the Winghani , brigade just before 1 pan, The- Brussels Horne :Furnishings located next to the Rutledge store, On the south side suffered exten- sive water and smoke damage. The furniture 'bus-these is -owned by Robert Kragteat. The Rutledge store cotimletely ruined, and the New Anierican Hotel, owned, by :Mrs. jos. Baker, situated to' the north of the Rutledge establish. meat, but separated by a threo-foot alley, also received extensive sitiolte and water damage. Apartments iii all buildings were damaged as well. By three o'clock the' fire was under control, and datnage had been estimated at $25,000 to $30,000 in the three establishinentar .Cause Of the lire was riot irrm rnediately known, Danny Stuckey On Dean's List Daniel C.. Stuckey has again been in-eluded in the Dean's; List at the Bob lanes University at Greenville, ,S,C. Danny has won this distinc- tion before. He Is the son of E. L. Stuckey, of Wingham, and the late Mrs. Strickey, and is a sophomore in the School of Religion at the Univer- sity, He was one of seven Cana- dians on the List. They have been named for their academic standing during -the first semester of the, current year. - • Known as the "World's Most Unusual University", Bob Jones University is a. liberal arts, co-edu- cational, Christian institution Whieh matriculates anoreximatelY 3,000 students every year, Included In this semester's student body are young people from 48 States and 28 'foreign countries or territories. h Sdool Board Sett e The Wingham 'Sportsmen's As- 'ssociation will hold a euchre party on Friday, night, February 19th at '8.30 sharp in the Legion Hall. Following lunch a six game bingo will be held. Good prizes wilf he given for both games. Everybody welcome, Admission 50c. Fl7b 0 Hospital Board Elects New Slate of Officers russels egtroyed by e s ire •-• • Meeting in the bdard; rebel:7,6f, the local high RhOck •lash 7'lursday evening,' the beard. of the WIngliam District High Schpol, 'accented and approved a new salary'selrechrie for the teaching staff -Ls preSentid by the management coininitteVe,,,,OThe latter groim had- Ileen''grekbtlAtieg with' the staff •for' the P.!*''4'Kera'l weeks in Order, to get •theaariatter settled as early as,'perisihnir man of the - committee, ''cOtardon MAI', toldthe latittle' Altrat;:it the board approyed, the proposal the staff had already signiftezl its ac- ceptance. • , The new schedule, •gt.Vek"-4Cress- the-board increases, IritekilIkrenom $100.00 for Gretg:1 to :-.$04o1 for Group IV. The categeryiyiteniWas started one year ago. All teachers will of course receive their annual increment increases of $300.00 besides the across-the-board in-- creases necessitated by raising the minimum salary in each category. Maximum salaries for each cate- gory were raised ranging from $1,- 600,00 to $1,800.00 over the four categories. The new schedule is as follows, with 1959 figures in braekets: Group I — minimum $4,600, maxi- mum, $8,800, ($4,500-$7,200); Group II — $5,000-$9,000, ($4,600-$7,300); Group III $5,200-$9,200, ($4,700- $7,400): Group IV — $5,500-$9,500, ($4,900-$7,700n The salaries of both the principal and vice-principal were raised, In- cluding Increments, by $1,000 in cavil case. Maximums were set for the first time as well, at $11,500 and $10,400 respettiVelY, It is possible that department Please turn' to 'page ten. LI.