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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1960-04-13, Page 1BANQUDT FOR,' CAlto PLAYERS—The Whiginim inifinher; 'Norman Thompson and chairman Bert Card Club composed of '21 senior citizens (held a Thompson. •-The players snot every day all winter in banquet alt tile Queens Hotel lest -Wednesday with • the basement of the town indl..--Advance-Times some 1.1.• in attendance. Shown above liter- left to 'photo, - right, Robert Colley, secretarY4reasurert cosniniltee. •• , ' Music Festival Finals eard at High School The regular euchre of the Ladies' Auxiliary. Ito the. Canadian Legion was held_ Monday. evening with five tables ,in •play, High pried, for the •,dlivaSWon. by Mis. L. Patterson, icliigli.lady playing. itS)iatia'Mrs. aye , Crothers.-DavesGrothets -won the high..paze for 'ilie ;men. 'Mrs. getirgesHalls:Wwelheaktor 'prize. A atiptai fOilowed;,.. EN flAGI;111ENT Mrs. Nelson Gowdy. Wingliana wishes to announce the engage- Monts of her daughter,, Muriel Fay, to Mr. :Murray Christopher Dale, son . of Mr. and Mrs. Verne Dale, Clinton. The weddleg will take place April 3rd at 2 /p.m, in the Winghtim. United Church, Flab Auxiliary Euchre W.I. EUCHRE CANCJELLED tvestlaserm.e.oarxe.oaseawakwiees4p=oetesa,sts.esol=po-=oauseawancio NOTICE COMMENCING APRIL 16, 19G0 ' the Winghain Fire siren will be sounded at 12 noon to insure that't is in working order; By Order WING.I-IAM TOWN COUNCIL .0 • I-, alataaassais. ' TOP SINGUIRS in Gni Grades III find 1V boys` vocal solo group Were left to righti Defiald Collar, first; David Rogers, Wend and Barrie Conran and ittentrd Whatilati tied for third. The boys. sang in the public School ittilaiti festiVal last week. With which is amalgamated the Gordo Vidette and Wroxete; News SINGT.4 •COPIES ^ 7 eflata, WIN-01/A51, ONTA11.10,.'WOONESDAV, APIUL, 13, 1060 ommitiee Named to. Stu ospital Space. Shortage ALONG THE MAIM DRAG ay The • redleattlian. SIOLEaaN WARNINCie-, Members of She Sportsmen's ;Association are more than is, little perturbed by the sounds of- shoot- ing from the proaimity of the Lower Town pond, which has been putout of boarkia for hunters since it la. to become a, bled. sanctuary. Gan stingers are warned that prompt and drastic legal action will ,be taken. 0 - - 0 ItODG-11. ON Tor— Several of the town's recently paved streets are a good deal the worse for the rigors of the past winter, Edward Street has several .cavities and even the main drag, which was paved late last .summer, doesn't look too hot. Time someone invented a Paving process that Will stand up to the punkin- Meet of the winter monthe. 0 - 0 - 0 • CHILLY STARS.- Snrlisg, so far has been a dliss11)- pointing affair. Two snow storms last week were reminiscent of antifiry and February. The storm on Friday evening created some of the worst driving hazards of the entire season. 'However, a mild • Wind on Tuesday promises better things, 0 - 0 - 0 SYRUP, ANYONE?— . So far we haven't had'any offers Of maple syrup. It seems that, with each passing year there are fewer, farmers in the maple syrup busi- ness, what with shortage of labor and absence of fuel supplies. Some of the kids in town have been reaping quite a. harvest though. 0 - 0 - 0 PARENTS' HAY— if you want to know just what sort of reputation Junior luta With his teaeher you'd better slip up to she public school this' (Wednesday) afterimon. The occasion:is the an- littal parents' day. Door will -be opened -to the parents a La p.m., and for 'the following half-hour the parelita are welcome to visit With their youngsters_ clithatoams. Schbol will be disinlased at 3.30 add the teachers will remain to discuss arty problerris with the plareets. Lloyd .Queen, Department of Ed- ucation, Toronto, was the adjudi- cator 'for the eighths annual music festival of the Wingham Public School.. Mrs. Carl Douglas, music supervisor, supplied the accom- paniment fora the nain be rs Tues- day afternoon and all day Wed- nesday at the town hall, when the whalers of each Maas were select.- NI, by Mr. Queen. .1.-ET. Kinkead, inspector of North Huron schools, was Madman, - • • • • •• . • Tbe evening .program on Wed- nesday was held in -the high. Largest Communion . Service Ever Held At the Palm Sunday communion service held in Wingham tainted Church on Sunday morning, 55 lietsans were received into church memberships ;A by profrespion of faith-mid •21 by letter of traosfer froin other congregations. • • '1asaa'wass the- targeataiseannutelon serwitses•li sthesailatory:ef,.thesaona gaegatthit taalkiliti ,435spartakibk or the: alaleat's • Sistine a • The faith La he re. weans worshipper's, This was an 'liisliirin climax th . the-eight weeks of preparation through Bible study and prayer for the Easter season comnrunlon. Tim. choir sang rt, eammunion anthem under the leadership of the organist soil choirs-neater, A. D. Bennett, The meditation by the minister, Rev. T. G. Hutser, war entitled,- "Around the Cross", de•• scribing the various groups (31 people who watched the sufferings of our Lord, The. central theme, "1-le -saved others, ilintaelf .11c school auditoriuth and was attend- ed. by a, large number of interested parents and frienda..• . Stewart Beattie, principal made the open- ing remarks • and intioduc*ed the first, second 'and third Place win- ners, as they were called upon to sing their numbers, Diane Caslick conducted the Grade 2 rhythm band- in Crieg's National. Song, Teachers pf these classes are Miss' Phyllis-' Johns and Mrs. Marlene Mackenzie.' Ter- esa McGuire, ViCici Rosonhagen and Marilyn Tiffin were -the win- 8,A.flan d FeStival Hel '& thnill.on A Salvation Army band festival was held in Hamilton at the week- end and on Saturday night massed bands supplied aa excellent con- cert. There Were 'three Sessions' on private courtsel :for Salvation Army musicians, led. by: Capt. J'. Dean Coffin, feillinetlY•of :New Zealand and now Of' lasnidon, ,England, He. Is 'head. of 7theai$riternational Music Bosixf, Salvation-Army. Several limn.'.;the .• VS/Ingham Uorps atteudest, They were Envoy G. Stanley Newman,. Bandmaster W. J, 'Henderson, Sgt. Major Joe Clark and Bandsthen'SLuart Henry, J. Dedalder and - Andrew Rodger, and Iwo girls of .the Wingham Band, Barbara Byer and Janette Henderson. could not -save". stressed the fact that if - we, too,. would liana our Christian obligations of being sa• viours of the world, we must do so at the expense of ourselves. The brat step in a move to pro- vide more accommodation at the Wingbain General Hospital was taken on Friday evening when the. board of directors named a build- /he, committee to survey hospital • :needs. The committee will be headed by outs V. 'Fischer aand will include . B. Cousins, •DeWitt Miller, t;.• W. EASTER SERVICES IN WiNtillAM G111111111ES • Au Hasler baptismal service will bn held in the Wingham United .anntreit on Sunday morning. The• `ialinir, under the direction of the aergantst and choir leader, A. D. ...Bennett, will sing three special sniusical numbers for the Easter 'Service. ; A Malay evening fellowship nour will be held at seven o'clock, sallish will center around World •Refugee Year and a film will be ;shown from -the National Coun- sal, on refugees. This ties in with the Easter theme since Christ Came to give us new life, and we in ,turn should present that new life to those deeply depressed and in Mm. J. H. Ostrom will -be the aolnist in St. Andrew's Presby- terian Church -on Easter morning and will sing "Come Unto- Him" by Handel. The choir will sing the anthem, "Jesus Is Risen", under the direction of Harold Victor Pyin. Rev. Chester Lewis, assistant minister of St. Andrew's Presby- terian -Church, Kitchener', will be the guest speaker for both the morning and evening services. At seven o'clock in the evening, the choir will present the Easter 4Matits. ."The Caateifixieta4,by Stainer. Mr. Py-m, organist and choir leader will be the director. The young people will take an active part In the Easter Day ser- vice at the Salvation Army. Envoy G. S. Newman's topic in the morn- ing will be "The Meaning of East- er" and special music both morn- ing and evening will be by the Young People's Singing Company of the Corps Rev. Joe Baker will give an Easter message for teen- agers in the evening and all young neople in the community are wel- come. There De three communion services in St. Paul's Anglican Church during the day, so that everyone has an opportunity to partake of the Lord's 'Supper on this happy day. There will be com- munion at 8.30 a.m., morning prayer and communion at 11 a.m. and evening prayer and quiet com- munion at 7 p.m.. The choir will sing the anthem, "Worthy Is the Lamb", directed by 'Mrs. Gordon Davidson, organist- Bev. D. Sinclair will be in ehargc of both services in the Wingham Baptist Church and the choir has prepared special Easter 'music, under the directiou of Mrs. Tiffin, Mrs. N. 1). Cameron, W. B. Anderson and Dr. P. J. Leahy. The committee was not instrue-- ed to take any action in stonnee- • tion with a building project, other than to make a study of the areas of greatest steed so that prelimin- a ry drawings for '-in addition could he vaned for at a later date School Boys Aim To Protect Birds BELGRAVE-The young natural- ists of the Senior Room of US'S No, 17 have been busy building bird houses. As Mr. and Mrs. Blue- bird prefer living -in open spaces they have placed them on vacant farina in the district. • The boys hope their efforts will be helpful in protecting our bluebirds from their enemy, the starlings.. We wish, the boys sue- cess in their worthwhile endeavor. WOMEN SET DATE OF RUMMAGE SALE You are asked to mark Saturday, May 14th; on your calendar, This is the day of the Spring Rummage Sale, sponsored by the Ladies' Auxiliary. to Wingham general Hospital. The date was -set at the meeting of the -auxiliary on Fri- day, at which the president, Mrs. N. U, Cameron presided. During these spring housecleaning days evarktssime is asked to main up' a box .for the aunniage sale, It wise ' reported that, . besides large quantities of %mewling,. 1,67 articles had been completed by the sewing groups. These. Included sheets, Pillow covers,'Patients! gowns • and - nursery- atippliegaand• represented 257 hOurs of. time. It was decided to hang new draperies at some of the windows. • The final game of the marathon bridge parties will be held in the council chamber On Friday eve- ning, April 29th, at which trizes for the season's play will be award- ed. Mention was made of the Re- gional Conference of Hospital Aux- iliaries to be held 'in Stratford on April 27th and Will include a tour of the Festival Theatre. • Family Dinner at Sinnamon Home The family of Mr. and Mts. Hugh fainnamoit gathered at their home on Minnie Street on Friday evening to surprise their parents and enjoy a turkey dinner. The oc- casion Was in honour of the forty- sixth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Sinnamon. Besides the local families, Mr. and Mrs, Philip McMillan and Isabel .of Lucknow, Mr. and Mrs. Archie Hertel and family of Kit- chener, and Mr. and Mrs. John Sinnamon and children, of Wrox- eter, attended. Badly Overcrowded. For more than two years the hospital has been seriously over- crowded. With the addition of the last wing in 1955, total accom- modation was brought to 90 beds, but the average hoapital popula- tion has been averaging about 115 ,and on the evening of the meet- STUDENTS TOP QUOTA FOR CANCER FUND The students of Wingham Dis- trict High School have done a ter- rific job for the Canadian Cancer Society in the annual campaign for funds. DeWitt Miller, chair- man for the campaign, who has had considerable experience in drives of this kind for various worthy causes, has found this campaign to be one of\ the most successful he has ever conducted. The boys and girls started out early last 'Friday evening to cover the homes assigned to them, and in eases where people were not at home, they returned on Saturday. The receipts were still being counted on Monday evening of this week and at that time amounted to $2,300. This means that the Wingham and District Branch is over 'the quota whieh was set at $2,000. Mr. Miller. is grateful to the stu- dents and feels that their conaen- trated effort is responsible for the success of the campaign. Son Appointed tc) Clinton Staff ...RebeetAtaratatia, of Miteheti,ssand. son of Mrs. Bbrtha Homuth, Wing-. ham,: was named vice-principal of the Clinton Collegiate Institute at a board meeting in 'that town last week. 'Four other teachers were also engaged at, the meeting, to fill out the staff. A new addi- tion to the Clinton school will -be opened in' the fall. .Another matter brought before the meeting was an account from the Wingham District High School, board for the tuition of six Clintan district pupils. The Clinton board refused payment of -the account, claiming that it did not receive notice from'the Wingham board at the beginning of the 1959-60 term. lug mentioned above, there were 127 patients lustier cat% As a result of this overcrowd- ing patients are placed ill , the halls, extra, -beds are set up- in semi-private and ptshlic Ward% and the third floor of the original building Is fully occupied, despite the fact that the Provincial atith-* orities have placed that section out of bounds for patient 'are, Another drastic need is new op- erating room and delivery room accommodation. The operation% are at present handled us 3 -room in the original wing. which,-has become entirely inadequate Or the number of patients uridergOing surgery, If a new section is V.dcled la, the hospital, it -will In all .probabilitY be in 'the form of a secontl4loot addition to the 1955 Wing,' acid as a result would not be 'nearly as costly as the 'two previous Addi- tions. It is thought that the pre- sent laundry, heating and kitch- en facilities would be adequaSe to handle the extra load.-though It is just such problems Whieh be determined by the preliminary study. Busy Month Vice-chairman R. B. Colmina presided over the -meeting and, the administratrly, Mrs, 1, Moirey, re- ported 159 admissions for -'the month of 'March, with 27 births; 3645 hospital days and an, average of 117 patients under care. There were 68 operations, -318 X-.rays, 1375 laboratory Procedures .and 64 attended cancer clinic, There 'was an operating sutplus of $2,756.79 for the. month, 'With revenue listed at $42,519.00 and. ex- penditures,at $40,054.61, 'The Our- plus is calculated before •alloWianed for depreciation, Reeoranendatidna . Of AbLe:,711aan. U,43).161tan.PMAra..643.4 001a-4.^-- in regard to the ealaries of sakretal staff members which Were date for adjustment. The 11MreaSee. Ware Made in coMpliance with a person- nel schedule which was adopted some -time ago. H. L. Sherbondy, 'who bar been in charge of the Office staff,was appointed secretary-trenstiik the hospital. DeWitt. Miller,• chairman see' the property committee, reported ..that the hospital morgue bas been .-coin pletely rebuilt and re-painted; ,a new cloak room has beeataetinipl4L, ed and sink and atipbeatda' in- stalled in the 'drug totatiS.:'Asnesss lawn mower is to be .purChaSed. hers of the girls' vocal, solo, Grad- es 1 and 2, and sang "Sprilig. Grasses". "Make Believe" was, the title of the chorus by Grade 1,. Miss A, Williamson and Mrs. C. Robertson, teachers. ' Whiners of the boys'-solo, •Gradea 1 and 2, were Doggies Thomson, Brian Deyell and Billy Fuller. They sang lithe -Mee Bird". A two- part canon, "A . Spring Morning", was sting by Grade 3 pupils, whose -Leachers' are Mrs. V. Sacra, and Miss Joan Armitage.. " Artitd ''IStesiea'siVa:r 'Clime girls' sole for Grades 3 and 4. El-. len Cirtackshank and Debbie Fox- Lon tied 'for second place and Rita Fitzpatrick and Nicola Jeff ray -for third. They' sang "Early One Morning", Grade 4 pupils of Mrs. J. Gowdy and Miss M. Jamieson sang is two-part chorus, "Katie the Kangaroo". Winners of the boys' solo in Grades 3 and...1-, singing "Ships" were Dpnald Collar and David Ros gem, first and second, with Barrie Couron and :Richard 'Wharton tied for third, Alla;entries of Lae triple duets joined legelher to sing "The Hunter's. Horn' and •-'titia was fol- lowed by the mails of Mrs; G. Webster, Mrs. 'D. Thornton and Mrs. L. Hoy forming a massed choir.. These Grade 5 and 6 child- ren sang two munbers hs two- part choruses, winie Squid Jiggle' Ground", . a, Newfoundland souf'g, and "En Roulant Ma Bottle", of French Canadian origin. ' "The South Wind." was the title of the solo for girls 'in Grades 5 and 5. The winners were Brenda Ellacott, Verna Hunter and Patsy Selling. Utility Hanna. and, Jane Colvin won first place, Dianne Da- vidson and Mary 'Phillips, •second, (Please turn to Page Sevent• There will be no. progressive euchre in •Wrorseter community hall on April 14th. Isl 3 b illkyrtev . There-. Will he pd • milk delivery this,coming Geed .Friday. May we ask your co-opetation. Bateson's Model Dairy. • • F13b .NOTICJE Ruth Lott's Beauty Parler will ie-Open on Monday, April 18th, 13* --, titioN -COUN'T'Y ASSOC. The Meeting of the Huron Coun- ty TraPPere Association will be held ih Chilton Agricultural Hall on ThUraday, April 14th at 9 p.m. Films and fur show. Fur buyer will be Present. Everyone 'wel- trate. F6:13* , AT itt)YA.1., There Will he Old time tits] Med- ern daticing at the ROW: T on Thursday, Aril 14. Boucher And the Golden Prairie Cowboys, feattithig Al Cherny. Daneing 10 to 1 Etna rig* ditAitikit wisrecitt IN DIA111lAVE The North Huron JddlOt Harm- ers' are sponsoring -a Variety Contort in the Forester's -Hall, Beigrave, dii Wednesday, April 20, at 8.30 p.m, The play "The Pink Dress(' win be proaanted, 'also it . . one-act edmedy "SiStet 8110" arid WINNIP,R,S OF OPEN DDET Class did a Tina lob' 4Wastedi ntiatibers, AdriiisSiOn 60C of diAnlitYing their Went 4 a the iriirsdc kethial litSt Week. '01-3-29b 9C4on duet Wits Cathy Hain* and elnite Anne CoWin, loft; 'n second place were, Aittry Phillips and 1)111.ne Davidson centre; in third owt) Welle ttnati Iiioltl Mid 'lean Rogers.