HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1960-04-06, Page 7. . ..• • . •
FORCED TO LEAVE—Mr, and Mrs, Lou Storey had
to..eviteuate, their heath in lower Winghant when the
aliatland everfloWed its banks sea the week-thin.
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WINGtIliM, ONTARIO, WPONESDAY, AFRO. (ith, IP*
MRS. A. NIMMO IS
SPEAKER AT MEM
Members of the Women's
elonary Societies of Brussels and
Beigrave, members of the Goforth
Evening Auxiliary and other gatists
met with the WOWS', of St. And-
rew's, WIngiitn, on the occasion
of the Hester Thankoffering meet-
ing on Tuesday of last -week They
were warmly welcomed by the
president, Miss Gilkin.son.
The meeting opened with a (Still
to worship, Mies Oilkinaoll con-
ducted a short service in meritOrY
of the late Mr. IL C. Mactmeti,
who was a valued member of the
society for many years.
Mrs. Leslie Fortune read the
Scripture lesson from Matti-IOW,
In her meditation on the passage
she spoke of the message received
by the women who came to the
tomb that first Easter Sunday,, "Clio
tell the tidings of the risen Lord."
ism) coatraated the Christian as-
suranee of resurrection with the
hopeless outlook. of those In our
own and ether lands, who are with-
out Christ. and without hope.
Prayers were offered by Mrs. H.
Aitcheson, Mrs. T. C. King anti
Mrs. James, Smith, A solo, •"The
Old Rugged Cross", was sung by
Mrs. Charles Lee, accompanied by
Mrs. Mrs. W. E. Ford.
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TRAFFIC WAS BLOCKED on Sunday when. the flooding Maithind. - picture above ..shows the main corner
rose over No. 86 Highway at the westerly outskirts of Winghatn.•'.The traffic was stopped- by the rising river,
act losve.r
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just about even with the read atSthat.Peint and ,was
blocking triiffie farther down.the 'Street • s
owned by Joe Kerr, background, was• used on Mon-
day.
on Stanley as the river ;spread 'over the low
lands just south of tertiVil.
T. A. Currie was elected presi-
dent of the Wingham Curling Club
for the 1960-61 season at the an-
nual meeting held in the club
rooms on Wednesday of last week.
Other officers named are: Hon,
presidents, Hanna and Joe
Kerr; first vice, F. Si). Madill; sec-
ond vice, Warren Callan; third
vice, J. Lloyd; secretary, .1. H.
Crawford; treasurer, H. L. Sher-
bondy; Round Robin eammittee,
Murray Rae, chairman, F. E. Ma-
dill, J. Lloyd, L. Casemore, A. Mc-
Kay; Bonspiel, W. Callan, chair-
man, H. Carmichael, F. Hopper, J.
Cruickshank, B. GuLpell; Property,
R. S. Hetherington, chairman,
Murray, R. Rowsell, U. Godkin, H.
Fisher; Ices L. Casemore, chairman,
O. .G.odkin, W. .Rain, Lloyd, W.
A, Tiffin; Ice Plant, B. Bain,
chairman, G. 'MacKay,, B, ( u
Publicity, A, 'McKay, chairman,
s'"'a ,staAMacWillitaitSseie-th
name,. G. Stokes, chairman, D.
Nesmith, H. Sherbondy; Prizes,
L. Vance, chairman, J. Alexander,
Jim Currie, W. Renwick; Member-
ship, H, McArthur, chairman, 0.
Haselgrove, G. Inglis, A. Slosser,
Coultes, H. Thomas, R. Hamilton,
F. Madill, A. Wilson, L. °dein, it
MarLyn.
Retiring president Hugh Car-
michael occupied the chair for the
annual meeting, which was attend-
ed by about 20 members. The
treasurer's report, given by H. L.
Sherbondy, -diaclosed the club had
enjoyed an excellent year finan-
cially, substantial sums being Livia
on the mortgage and the bank
loan being retired. The treasurer
also acknowledged the receipt of
$900 from the ladies' club.
Bob Hetheriugton, :reporting for
the properly committee, said the!
-very few repairs had been neves-
sary through the past year, but,
that It will be necessiarY In pars
chase two fire extinguishers, e
small electric stove and a -three-
compartment sink. He elan sug-
gested that the ice committee
should attend the School for lee
Makers to be held in October. It
was agreed that the club would
pay , the expenses of Lloyd Casio-
more, Bill Bain and Gordon God-
kin at the school,
It was also decided, on the sug-
gestion of the property chairman,
that a little variety be added to
next year's program by arranging
for a mixed round robin, for one
night a, week, January through
March.
CURLING CLUB ELECTS
11 , A. CRIIIE, MIES.
Jack Lloyd, chairman or the
round robin committee, reported
that 20 rinks participated in. the
December draw; 26, in January; 24
in February and 20 in March.
There were 105 names to straw
from, including 12 new members.
Frank Madill, reporting for the
School boys' section, said they had
had a, very successful year, but that
facilities are taxed by the large
number Who wished to Play. The
local boys Won the WOSSA. trophy
this year.
Draw Winners
Winners of the December draw
Were Bob Hetherington, T. A.
Carrie, A.,Moffrit and R. Pl. Mc-
Kim-ley; January draw, J. Butler',.
B. Martin, Cs Patterson, G. White;
February draw, A. D. MaeWilliam,
H. Carmichael, H. Fisher, W, Itus-
se); Junior draw, '1',
R. White, (Si. Patterson, 0, usher;
March draw, J. Bowman. G. Me-
Xay, H. Pearson, W. Pickford,
Attend School
LOWER TOWN BRIDGE. is shown above With the
flood. water nearly ''td the bridge floor on Sunday
afternoon. By late the same night the water was
BOATS WERE the 'order of the day in lower town
over the week-end when flood waters from the
Maithuid isolated a number of houses. This craft
'MUSE SURROUNDED—The 'twine of i%tr, tind Mr/4.
Murray Taylor on the corner of Josephine( and Seett
Stitetso Was eorapletely statataided by flood ii tte'ki
The special speaker for the day
was Mrs, Alexander Nimmb. She
took as a theme for het remarks
on her recent visit to the Orient,
the 'words of St, Paul, 's1-low then
shall they call on Him in whom
they have not 'believed? And how
shall they believe in Him of Whom
they have not heard? And. how
shall they hear without a preach-
er? And how shall they preach,
except they be sent?"
Mrs. Nimmo spoke particularly
of the women's organizations in
Formosa and Japan and showed
many colored slides of interesting
and beautiful mountain views,
churches and schools in those
countries.
Of special interest to the wo-
men of Wingham were the pictures
of a leprosarium in Formosa in
charge of the Rev. and Mrs. James
Dickson. Among these was a pic-
ture of the cottage for untainted
children of lepers, called i the Wing-
ham cottage,
The speaker told of the zeal and
enthusiasm - of the . Christiana an•
Fatitiblit ineiffidifeirlii raOs
their 'problems, one of the greatest
of which is language. She point,:
ed out their need, not only bf fin-
ancial support, but of the earnest
prayers on their .behalf that a sol-
ution to their problems May be
found.
On behalf of those present, Mrs.
N. L. Fry thanked Mrs. Nimmo for
her interesting message. Tea was
served by the social committee
under the convenership of Mrs.
H. V. Pym.
BELHAYE
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cook, Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Vincent and Mrs.
Clifford Logan called on Mr. and
Mrs. Marvin McDowell, Westfield,
on the occasion of their 50th wed-
ding anniversary last Thursday,
Mr. Willy Grant, formerly of
Brantford, and now of Western
Canada, visited on Sunday with his
cousin, Mr. Harry Rinn, Mrs. Min
and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Goldie Wheeler
and family of London' visited on
Sunday with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs, Herb Wheeler,
Mrs. Tessie Procter of Yorkton,
Sask., who is spending some time
with relatives at Brussels, visited
a few days last week with Mr.
and Mr. Herb Wheeler.
Mr. and Mrs. James Lament
visited on Saturday evening with
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hunking and
family at Blyth.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell „Barrows of
Walton visited on Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Vincent.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley 'Cook visit-
ed on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Roland Vincent at Blyth.
Mrs. Laura Johnston and George
visited on Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Bob Johnston and Billy of
Wingham, on the occasion of
Billy's first birthday.
Mr. and Mrs. Alva McDpwell of
'Westfield visited on Monday with
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Simpson,
Everyone is invited to attend
the special serVice in Knox 'United
Church on Sunday evening, April
10th, sponsored 'by the Women's
Missionary Society, The pre-
Easter, message will be brought by
Mr, Ross MaKay ,of tendon, who
Will give his Message with colored
chalk drawings.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Conk, Mr.
and Mrs. Orville Taylor, Mr, and
Mrs. Lewis Cook, Mr. and Mrs.
Marshall Stoitehouse, Mr. and Mrs.
Telford Cook anti Mr. and Mrs.
Stanley Black were guests at the
]tome of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon
HoWatt In Blyth on Monday even-
ing in honer of Mrs. Howatt's par-
ents, Mr, and Wire, Clarence Rath,
who were celebrating their 36th
tatuliVerSary.
INITIATION NET
AT KINSIEN CLUB
District Deputy Governor Bob
Hetherington of Chesley attended
the meeting of the Wirigham Kins-'
men Club, held in the Queens Ho--
lei on Friday evening. He was in-
troduced to the club by the pre-•
silent., Jim Currie, and • spoke in
regard to the business at hand in.
the zone and district and stipu-
lated the dates for the forthcom-
ing District No. 1 convention, to
be held this year in Windsor.
lie his arntress IVIr, Hetherington
etatrrl I ha t. personal service and
sacrifice to a community is worth
mileh as the financial assist-
ance offered by a Kinsmen Club,
Ile mill it L; not the 8,M011.11L of
Inonpy r how it is raised
ihel. in Mont important. -'Tice
greatest factor is that funds raised
by Kinsmen be put to the best
use for the welfare of the com-
munity,
Presidtut Jim Currie initiated
two new members into the club.
lie was essaited by Murray Stain-
ton, immediate past president, Al
Williams, past president and Fred-
die Tel-aphlian, 1st vice president
Initiated were Barry Fryrogle of
the Berry Door Co. Ltd. office staff
and Donald Raper, teacher of Eng-
lish at tin' Wingluun 'District
High School.
Al Williams', Kinsmen represen-
t a I tee on (hrinntin g Pool
Committee, reported that: follow-
Mg the results of the „vote count
at tier. meeting of the commit-
tee. it was decided to return the
:money that had been donated for
the puriesse ef building a pool.
The' $2,(Kill which had been contrib-
uted by the Kinsmen will be re-.
turntd.
It we ammonesal that the Zone
B. conference will be held in
Illipsley on April I() and eight
members at the meeting stated
that they would attend. The deputy
sovernar will be elected at this
teens;;. '1 be competition will also
he held for the zone bulletin
ilWar4 attic the first round of the
Harbiei:on impaling competition,
lines 'for the 'Trade Fair, June
2, 2 null 1 MTTY1 to be (gating
along well and progress to date is
very encouraging. The coiminta
tees have been formed and each
member advised as to widen com-
mittee he is on. Max McCarter is
the Trade Fair chaithian.
The Ladles' Night Will be held on
April 14 and the final plans for
that function were discussed,
Once again Agriculture ,and La-
bour. held the spotlight In the
Legislature at Toronto. Bill No. 86,
being a Bill, respecting farm mar-
keting . procCdures- and powers,
generated a great deal. -of debate
and was given second reading
after a recorded vote which saw
both. opposition parties speaking
and voting against the Bill, It is
interesting that a very small pro-
portion of opposition members
represent rural areas or are farm-
ers theinselves, while a consider-
able„ number of Government mem-
bers who supported the Bill unam-
piously are farmers.
The rather controversial Labour
Relations Act amendments, after a
stormy course in Committee, spark-
ed another debate in the House.
However as both Labour and
Management are on record run
favouring this new Bill against
ally other 'suggested amendments,
it would appear that it will be
good legislation.
.During the week more depart-
mental estimates were considered
and passed 'by the House. In each
case the consideration was long---
usually far into the night, as op-
position members continued to
repeat their daily speeches. Those
of the Department, of Education
which showed a general increase
in. grants to schools but generally
not as great as in the provimil
year, of Lands and Forests, Pub-
lic Welfare, Energy and Treasury,
were completed, leaving only I lire-
Departments yet to br ronsidered
It would, therefore, seem that the
work of the members for this
sessioh is drawing to a elese: , .
Chapter Attends
Church Service
Huron CilEtPttr 59, 0.5H., held
the annual church service oil Sun-
day evening at St. Andrew's Pres-
byterian Church, when Rev. Mc-
Clure of Molesworth was the
speaker.
There was a good attendance of
Star members, and many chapters
In the district were represented.
They met in the church basement
and attended in a body, Mr. and
Mrs. Farish Moffitt of Teeswater
are Wittily Patron and Worthy
Matron of the local chapter,
ZETLAND BRIDGE—While lower Wingbam was of Wingliam, as the water, rose to within 'inches of
suffering' from high water on Sunday the Maitland the bridge floor. Normally there is spine 1.5' feet
River overflowed its banks for mileS. 'Shown above between the bridge 4111(1 the water.
is the Zetiend Bridge, on No. 88 Highway, just weld.
John Hanna Reports
During the week Liberal Mem-
bers were hard put to deterinine
whether to attend certain func-
tions of their Provineitil
Association meeting in Toronto 'or
to attend House sittings. As usual
the ladies won.
More legislation reached Com-
mittee stage and again the end
was in sight. Among interesting
Bill; introdueert was one designed
to 'control the practice of exacting
huge bonus payments on certain
mortgage transactions.. There were
also introduced by the Prirhe
Minister certain Bills to provide
for Members, Ministers and the
Leader of the Opposition an annual
indemnity more in keeping with
present day standards, and a pen-
sion plan. It is generally felt that
Public service cannot attract and
keep the type of Mall or woman
required to deal properly with the
/lege business that is twat . the
responsibility of the Ontario CON,.
ernmeld, without a more realistic
approiwh to tine problem, it. would
appear that the Ontario Legislature
has finally provided -a suitable
plan In effect this purpose and
that persons serving the publie in
the Ontario Legislature will. new,
long after shnilar plans have been
in effect in several Provittect and
the Dominion Parliament. iln17n
sonic rights to security,
At the begitimng of the week, In
tin, absence of the Lieu' Pliant-
Governor, the Administrator of the
Province, Chief Justice 'balm
!Porter, a former Minister of Kau-
cation, attended at the House to
[give Royal Assent to 'the Bills
setting up the 'new Laureritieti
University of Sudbury and its
affiliated Colleges, thereby malthig
an.pttio elle!esgreedate ainui011eisatleifiatavaittheet,lie.
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