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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1960-05-11, Page 1With which is amalgamated the Gorrie Vidette and Wroxeter News wi ry-01m% 0/m1Im), WEDNESDAY, ialAY •0, 1060 SINGHE COPIES. .c Tory Gregg pointed out to the: team that it was unusual .for a municipal council to honor a eham- pionship team and said the lads, should be proud to have a council,: which is willing to give this kind," of recognition. Joe Kerr, the team's sponsor, said that he was happy to have helped along and would do what he could in the future. 'A toast 'to (Please turn to Page Three) Complete Plans for Rummage Sale The 'meeting of the Ladies' Aux- Diary to Wingham General Hos- pital was -held in the emitted chambers with the,presicient, Mrs, N. Cameron, presiding. During Ap- ril the cutting and sewing groups showed' much activity, 157 articles having• been completed and laid on the shelves for use. These included' bedding; patients"' goWis and tire eery supplies as well as much mend ing, a total of 220 hours of wo- men's time, the mending alone tak- ing 103 :hours. Plan's were made for the rum- mage sale, which will be held in the armouries on Saturday, May 14, Committees wore appointed and ar- rangments completed' for sorting and marking the articles to be Sold, Everyone was reminded to send 'in unneeded artiales. "Any- thing you cannot use, we can sell". MOTHER AND DAUGHTER NIGHT--A big night for the Girl Guides and Brownies was held last Wednesday evening when a mother-daughter ban- quet was staged in the basement of 'the Presbyterian Church. The dinner marked the Golden Jubilee of Guiding in Canaia. Shown anove are airs, George Henderson, Guide Captain, Mrs. Bert Dixon, Harris- ton, Division Commissioner for Guides, Mrs. Norman Elliott, District Commissioner and Mrs. Alan Hafer- meld, 'Brown Owl of the local Brownie troop, KINSMEN HARD AT WORK—Two local. Kinsmen, Ivan Gardner and Bruce MiteDomda are shown Aimee as they installed the ibig Sign last Week on the south end of the arena advertisieg the Kin Trade Pair Which Will be-Staged early iti June. The Kinsmen Club has been working for the months making arrangements for the lining up a program that should make the best to date, past two fair and event the Baptisms. at' -United Church A large congregation joined in the Mother's Day service in Wing- barn 'United Church on Sunday when the minister, Rev. T. G. Hire- sea Spoke from the etthject, "20th Century Challenge to Motherhood," He asked the question, "Whet has happened to the old fashioned Mother?" and pleterea the model home with the family together and Mother in the eentra* The home Makes the nation, Mid the future of the antlers depends upon the place God finds hi the 'home, The Mothers who pray With their child- ren are the mothers Who 'control the Christian life of the nation, Mr. Husser gave, the challenge to mothers to be godly Women, fen' the woman who feereth God shall he praised, The ;Scripture read was Proverbs 31:10-31, "The Perfect Woman," During the service Mr, fusser christened the following children Pamela Elizabeth, daughter of Mr and Mrs. Murray Gerrie; Patricia Lynne, daughter, of Mr. and Mrs. Albert ,James Brennil; Joanne Elizabeth, 'daughter of Mr. and Mrs. la`eanetli E. Wood; Olsen Margert, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. IS, Russel Smith; Susan lane. daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. (Patricia Carmithael) Donald Edward Ilaw- thOrite, of Toronto; Murray Jolla, sort 'of Mr. and Mrs, John Wray; Barry Steven, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Donald Burns; Waltei Jay, soil of Mr. and Mrs. Ian C. 11/taeLaurira Leonard Kerry, eon of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Brute St, George. P011OWing the christening tile Man Mayer girl, Sandra Tiffin, preeented 0(10.1 mother With a tor- Sage Of carnations, 1 ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By !rho Pedestrian. WET SPRING-- District farmers are more than a little_ unhappy with the wet wea- ther which 'has prevailed since Friday. However, it appears that a fairly large proportion of the crops have been ecededa aria when warm weather does sat in there should he rapid growth. 0.0-ri DRIVE NOT OVER-- You are asked 'to bear in mind that the Red Shield cempaign, to raise funds for the Salvation Army, is not yet completed. Sandwiched • in between other campaigns, the fled Shield. collection is inclined to suffer from tee much competition, despite the fact that it is -one of the .most important collections •in the entire year, The Kinsmen will conduct a blitz campaign on Friday evening of this week. Please have a generous donation ready, 0 - 0 -0 TOWN IS GROWING— Have you taken a drive around the newly-opened streets in town recently? The buildingahoom in 'Wingham has been quietly going On for some time and some beauti- ful new homes have been added. There is a very attractive area on the extension of. Carling Terrace, north, and the development in the Berry Patch eoritirtues to thrive. These new homes add a great deal to the appearance of the commun- ity. 0 - 0 - 0 S!taltEIST 'I1.0 GS-- A few weeks :,go Chief Deycil handed out several tickets • to drivers who insisted on doable- parking along the main drag. tt is to'be hoped he has some of those tabs left, because some motorists don't mind a• bit when their cars block half the street and jam up the tsefficaaaWleectlaa-baVe tw.0= heaai parking by-law in this' town Which inns been , completely fargot- ten in Otte a_ few instances.' ON 'TORONTO SHOWS— , Vaughan Douglas was in Toron- to on Sunday where be appeared on the MSC's "Country Calendar", showing films he had taken on a trip ..to Winnipeg with Walden Bros.' Transport and the shipping • of livestock by road, Al Cherny, another OKNX personality, Was a oguest on "Country Hoedown" last week. OFFICE CLONED Dr. B. N. Corti u's offic , will be closed until Saturday of this work. OFFICE HOURS Dr. Shartneeeyai. office w ill b e closed all day Monday during May June, :July and August, and Open Tuesday through Saturday 9-6, re 10.1.1:18b CONCERT iN B EA; It A V IS The North Huron Junior team- ere are sporisoring a Variety Con- cert in the Foresters Flail, Bel grave on Friday evening, May 20. at 8.30. The play "The Pink Drees" rlvill be presented, also a one-act eRlnedy, "Sister Slat" and musket? numbers. Admission 50e. 10.11-18b DANCE AT WD.D.S. A Cadet Graduation dance is to beheld on Monday; May 16th in the auditorium of the Wingham District 'High School, Dancing from 9.80 to 1 rain, to the music of Bill" Wolfe and his orchestra. Dress is formal, Everybody welcome. 'nth RUMMAGE SALTS faunal-nage Sale time and House- cleaning come together. The rum- triage sale Will be held in the Wingham Amenities on Saturday afternoon, May 14, at two o'clock sparisored by the Ladies' Auxiliary to Wingham General Hoepital, So, When youettre housecleaning, make up a box for the trbnfnage sale, Anything can be sold, fureiture, clothing, hats. shoes, hoVelties, etc, if you wish your donation called :or, phone Mrs, .f, MeKay, 118, r Miss Marguerite Johns 200. tft coltheetion with the Mania& stifle, tags wilt be sold in 'Wilighani bn Saturday, May 14. These are com- munity events with all proceeds being used for the hoepital. So bring along your pareels---"Any., thing you cannot use, we can Please hare parcels at the Arlatotir- les Friday 'so they tart he e011ted Slid Marked, Team Fete, t Council Dinner The May Meeting of the -Public School Board was held at the school on Monday evening of this week, Due to the fact that an ex- tra class room will be used in the fall, the 'board decided to engage the. services of Mrs. M. Douglas, music teacher, for another half day each week. In the same con- nection the board decided to pur- chase three small pianos to be placed on each. floor,_ and moved from room to room ,as required, In- the past the extra class room has been ttsecl as a music room, the children moving to that loca- tion for thele music instruction, Ttustee , Herb Puller reported that arrangements have been com-a picket for the installation of a sprinkler system, in the boiler room. Chairman Roy Bennett reported that all teachers' have signed th.el 1960-61 contracts and at the mo- ment the staff' is complete for 'the coming year. . rine)Pal '17a: Sapetatti e enrolment" 'for April stood -at' 002' pupils, a alight drop from the pre- vious month. Attendande - aver- Last Thursday evening the Wing- ham Town Council honored the Wingham Jokers, WOAA Juvenile' "C" champions, when they tender- ed the team a banquet at the Le- gion Home. Tory Gregg, formerly of Wingham and a past president of the O.H.A.,, was master of cere- monies, Head table guests includ- ed Joe Kerr, the team's sponsor, Mayor 11, 111. McKinney, Hugh Car-. MIL SCHOOL BD. MET ON MONDAY The students of the Luaknow District High School have com- pleted their canvass for the Can- adian Cancer Society, which prov- ed to be as successful as that con- ducted by,. the Wingham District High. School a few weeks ago, The canvass included laticknow, Kinloss and the northern part of West liVri.WeateSti,': The aetildent'S were thorough in their canvass and made their returns promptly, which amounted to $725. The pupils took aged 92.27 aper 'cent during the their kits from the school on Fri- month. , day and the principal, P. W. Hoag, had received all the •donations by ENGAGEMENT Tuesday morning, Michael, team 'manager, Tory Gregg, Norman, Hill, 'New Ham- burg, president of the WOAA, Alf Lockridge, coach, Reeve Roy Adair and Bob Wenger of The Advance- Times, Mayor McKinney said that he was proud of the boys and, hoped that they will continue to receive pleasure in the future when they look at their trophies, He went Holds Exercises Wingham, Listowel and ton batteries of the 21st Field Be- ment held exercises in Walkerton on Sunday, Major R. P. Ritter, Lt. E. 'Anderson, Sgt.-Major J, Blackwell and four other members of the 99th Battery attended. The purpose of the exercise to practise communications signals in a devastated area, to carry out mobile rescue work, with Walkerton as the disaster zone,' 21st Field Regiment DeWitt Miller, general chairman, arranged with the principals, Mr. Hoag of Luelcnbw and P. E. Ma- dill of Wingham, and the students, to conduct the canvass over the entire district. The donations in. total amounted to .over $3,000, on ,hy saying that tine s, e council, xe presenting the people of Wingharn felt happy and privileged to pae, sent the team with the trophies. The mayor said. that the council.' appreciated what had been done by the loyal supporters of sport in Wingham, and without men who were willing to give their time, thingS would not have gone along, so well. • Reeve Adair thanked the 'eotin-q ell for the. dinner and, looking ov-, er the players, suggested that sev-1 oral will likely have a future lei hockey. Ile said the boys have Walker- been a real asset to the community; anclothave set a good example. Was and and The blitz is being carried out in all 'Huron centres during the same week, and it is believed that this county is the only one so organized in the province, An active coUntY ,committee has been set up for some time past and 'has provided 'excellent publicity about the drive. Purpose of the collection, of 'course, is to provide funds for the thousands of unfortunate families still in refugee camps of Europe, Asia and Africa, many of them since the closing days of World War II. Entire generations of children are being raised in the :squalor and hopelessness of camp where housing is minimal and prospects for the future are bleak. Most of these families have committed no greater crime than finding themselves without homes or friends in the rapidly-shifting political picture which followed the war. As far as Canadians are con- cerned the World 'Refugee Year is an expression of deep gratitude for the' vast material blessings which make life here so very pleasant. There is a, general feeling that we have room for a lot of these un- fortunate victims of circumstai'ice land the funds to' help them out of nolserY• ' TWO INJURED IN MAY CRASH Robert B, Taylor of Clinton and a passenger in his car, Miss Olive Wilson, received treatment at the Wingham Hospital on Frida.y for eetaaand hruiees .aollowleg a -.car- tractor collision a half-mile west of the Zeeland Bridge on High- way 86. The Taylor car was proceeding east when ai traeLor• driven by Pet- er gostrzewa, R.R. 5, Wingham, made a left turn in front of the ear .with the result that tire ear collided with the left rear wheel of the tractor. Taylor's ear sus- tained damage in the two doors, roof and front end to the extent ef $500. The driver suffered la- Jerations to the head and bruises to the right, shoulder, Miss Wil- ton suffefed facial and arm Ina ceratioue. Both were given first aid at the Wingham hospital and released. The operator of the tractor was uninjured and the -treetop 'itself was not.damaged to any kient. The aceidert was investigated by Constable joint' Parkinson of the local Provincial Police detachment. Charges are pending. The same officer itivestigaterl on- other accident early Smalay morn- ing, when it car driven by John Ie. Brown of Gornto loft No, 87 High- way east of Wroxeter, went off th e right shoulder of the road and took off six guard rail posts be- fore corning to test against a tree. The driver was uninjured, but the vehicle suffered about $3011 dam- age. Charges in this case are also pending. CADET INSPECTION ON VOW EVENING The annual inspection of the Wingham District High School Cadet Corps will be held on Mon- day, May 16, on the athletic field of the high school. The parade will be, formed nip for inspection at 7 p.m. This is a departure from the usual ettelom of holding an after- noon inspection, and is Mtended to provide a greater opportunity Tor the general public:. to witness this colorful ceremony. Taking the general salute and March post will 'be Major G. Vickers., 2nd in command 'of the 21st led. Itegl.. RCA (Mn with which the corps is affiliated. Other in- specting cffieers include Lieut. Col, R. S. Hetherington,, chairman of the school cadet committee; Capt. W. A, Anstis, Western Ontario Areal Cadet 'Officer, and Major B. P. Ritter, Officer Coremandieg the 09th Vtl. Corernanding the 20e strong cadet corps wilt be Cala Major Douglas (Please Tom to Page Three) Round Cord Presented At Annual Banquet Mrs. W. Dixon of Harriston was • atrea gueet speaker -ona•Wetineadaaer• evening when the Guides and Brownies held their Mother and Daughter banquet at St. Andrew's Church, There 'were about 125 at- the dinner, with the Ladies' Aux- iliary to the Canadian, Legion and. . . the Dinette Club catering. • ' the program of There were several musical num- will be bets by the Guides and Brownies, and the Brownies put on a one-act play, "Toward the Golden Hand". The principal characters were played by Mary Aiwa, Gloria Reed and Kathryn Ducharme.. The , di- rector was Lynda Reavie. The district commander', Mrs. Wenonah Elliott, introduced Mrs. Dixon, divisional commander, :and the other head table &este, the leaders, of the Wingham and Brownies and their daughters, Mrs. Dixon spoke on the history of Guiding, from about.,•1010 to the present time. The highlight of the evening was the presentation or awards. appointed delegates to her (,alien Band badge, while Pro- at badges wore awarded to a number of Guides and Brownies by Brown Owl Mrs. Jeer Hafer- meld and Captain Margaret Hen- - derson. District Commander El- Saint and W. B. Con liott presented Mary Ahara with TO11 Ontario Recreation Association the llllicttl convention, which was held last Brenda reee Ciolin(rdorn First and Karen badges ;o ld Jean Jones her tattle House :Emblem from Div, Com- mander' Dixon, Mrs, Dixon also presented Karen Elliott with. her All-Rnend Cord, the second highest achievement, in Guidieg. This is the first time a Wingham Guide has earned the cord. She received it on the merits of holding six homemaking badges, her First Class badge and passing a number of 'other tests in which she gained such badges as swimming, pioneer, first aid and child nurse. WINGHAM TOWN COUNCIL DOES HEREBY' PROCLAIM MAY 16 TO MAY 21 HURON, COUNTY WORLD REFUGEE WEEK Please Give 'Generqusly. Signtd IWK1NNEY, Mayor. MONS TO COLLECT FOR ENE YEAR Ross Hamilton, local chairman for the World Refugee Year earn- paign, has announced that the Lions Club of Wingham will con- duct a "blitz" type house-to-house canvass in the town on Friday evening of next week, May 20th. The. calls will commence at 6 p.m. arid continue until about 8 .c.'clock. Most of our townspeople are familiar with this sort of campaign and will no doubt have their dona- tions ready for the canvassers, If. however, any homes are missed, or hoUseholciers are away, they are asked to Bend their donations to Roes Hamilton, Wingham. Miss Walker Will Teach Kindergarten Beginning in September, Miss Frances Walker will teach the kindergarten class at the J. A. D. McCurdy Public School, RCAF Station, Centralia, Ont. For the past three years Miss Walker has been teaching Grade IV at the D. N. D. School, Centralia. 0' At a meeting of the Wingham Recreation Committee held Tues- day evening Of last week plans were. dismissed for PLANS MADE FOR SUMMER RECREATION The Recreation Committee will again take the responsibility of providingswimming instruction for the children, transporting them to the Teeswater pool. Irene Saint will be in charge of the• summer program of general riftivities and it is hoped that several new fea- tures can be added to enlarge the scope of this section of the pro- gram. Mrs. Ruby were summer activities carried out for the children of the community. It was decided that teams will be entered for competition iii WOAA Bantam and Juvenile hard- ball and Ladies' Intermediate soft- ball. ,Kon. Hodgkinson will again take charge of ball for Pee Wens at the town park on Saturday mornings. which Thursday, Friday and SaLlArday at Cornwall. Hockey accounts carried over from the winter program were passed for payment. The burden of supervision for the summer program has been carried by comparatively few individuals and the hope was expressed at the meeting that some of the „men in the community would volunteer to spend a. few hours weekly during the early evening or on' Saturday morning, to assist with recreation activities. CANCER CAMPAIGN 18 NOW COMPLETED %Mrs. David. John Hutcheson wishes to announce the engage- ment of her younger daughtet, Nancy Anne, to Mr. Matthew Pauhni, eon of Mr, and Mrs. Mich- ael Paulini of Kitchener. The wed- ding will .take place in Wingham United Church on Saturday, May 21st at two o'clock.. ENGAGEMENT, Mr. and Mrs. A, Irving Toner, ale, 2, Wroxeter, announce the mgagereeet of their daughter, Dorothy Jean, to Mi. Peter Lamont Harrison, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gor- don S. Harrison, R.R. 2, Harriston, The Wedding will take place . on Sattinday, May 28th at 3 p.m. in Gamic United Church. ENGAGEMENT - Mr. and Mrs. Albert Wood of Brussels, Ont., announce the en-- gagement of their only daughter, Mayne • Lilian, to William Ralph Itintoul, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Rintoul, of Winghton. The marriage will take piece at St. John's Anglican Church, Brussels, early in June. hit ENGAGEMENT Mr. and Mrs, Oscar Agnew, ELM- wood', Wish to announce the en- gagement of their eldest daughter, Elizabeth Jean, to John David Steinaeker, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Steinanker, Fordwieh. The marriage will take place June 11th in St. John's Lutheran Church,. Elmwood, at 1.30 o'elock, Flab ENGAGEMENT Mr.' and Mrs, Wallace Agar of Wingham announce, the engage- Meat of their daughter, Wilda Ar- lene, to Mr. Chester Gordon Hig- gins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Higgins, MR. 6, Brussels. 'The wedding will take name in Blur- vale. United Church on Sellirday, May 28th at 3 pan, '1014' ENGAGEMENT Me, and Mrs. James Smith, for- merly of Wingham, annerenee the engagement of their only daughter, Sandra Marlene,.'to Mr. Harold Shantz, son Of Mr, and Mrs, Jesse Shantz, H.R. No, 3, Waterloo.. The marriage will take place Saturday, .Trine the eleventh at S O'clock it Erb St. Mennonite Church, Waterloo.