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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1960-08-17, Page 1rr A. 1 YOUNG HOBOS AT TOWN PARK There were about 60 hobos at the park last Friday .when the Recre- ation Council sponsored 'a contest Zor the children, which was called hobo day. The winners Or the most authentic costumes were as follows; Boys 4, Sand 6—Stuart Holloway, Russel Foxton, Jimmy Hastings. Boys 7 and up—Monty TOtple- man, Paul Templeman, Jimmy Casemore, , Girls up. to .6 Jeanette Riley, Helen -Ann Holloway, Dianne La- Verne. Girls 7 and up -- Jeanie Irwin, J.,oriaiie,J.JaVerne, Nicky Jeffery: Today (WedileStiitY) there , WILft be a picnic for the youngsters in the 4 to 8 year-old class at 4.30. 'On Thursday the girls Will hold a. doll show at 1.30,' While the boys will have a cowboy shoal. Miss L. 0. Longman. Lived in Wingham Miss Lillian 0, Longman died last Thursday in Windsor, where she had been a' teacher for 41 years. Miss Longman was horn in Mon- tana .and lived in Wingltam for some , time. She attended school here before training for the teach- ing professiote Surviving' are a sister, Mrs. Ro- bert J. Elliott of Vancouver and a brother, Chester, of Windsor. The funeral was held on Saturday. Two Nurses Leaving The graduate nurses of the Wing- ham. General Hospital had a fare- well barbeque on the hospital grotinds on Tuesday evening for Mrs. Stan Hastings and Mrs. Beryl Davidson, Who are leaving the etaff. They were each presented with a suitable gift. Mrs. Davidson and Mrs. Hast- ings are both moving to Stratford in the near future, IFACTORA" SOLD4Ihe plant of the Wittghaitt Mahn- Ors retain the similler inarnedlatei; to the irtetUritig Company will he taken over to make the south of the main property, let Which plastic toilet eite for a new retail liquor store. The present OVirn. seine tilt linainifiectitreet, With which is arna)ganutted the Gerrie Vidette And Wroxoter News WINGILAM, ONTARIO, WitiONE.SDAY,. AUGUST A% 1%O SXNGIA COI"1 — 7 Cetita WALKING THEIR WAY TO THE WARDEN ALONG THE 'MAIN DRAG The Pedestrian RAINS CAME EARLY— Fourteen members of the Wing- ham Sportsmen's Aesociation went tip to Chesley Lake on Sunday and were rewarded with some nice catches • before rain drove them ashore. The organization member- ship is spreading, for, there were Auburn, Lucknow and Amberley men along on this jaunt. 0 - 0 - 0 NEW Last week a new top layer was Placed on the sidewalk along the main drag from the Bank of Com- merce to the Iiows?"03ullding, The Abconerpte .beneath "was first thor- waughly flushed down with a fire hose, then a binding agent was ap- plied and a -thin layer of eqnerete placed •-on. top. The job will -he gratifying to thoie' ivho have been tripping ever the pot holes in the former ,surface for the past couple • . . • . , . . . of years. 0 - 0 -: 0 CET our,Noutt.s.mrsoN.—... That's right; -The time has come to put on the 10-gallon hat and the checked shirt in preparation for Frontier Days: By the way, you'd better get yourself a new hat band, te): 'Many of the stores along the main drag are selling these ideptifylog ribleopee ,to let oil and sundry know why you have uddenly gone Wild West, Price of the bands. has been trimmed away down this_ year, too, ea- you can get one for the small Jaw as well, 0 - - 0 NEED A NEW TAIT— ., Who doesn't? Easiest way we know of is to buy yourself a sheaf of tickets from any one of the Lfons who are selling them right now. A portable television , set is the prize of the drave to be held, in the arena at 11 pen.' Saturday, Aug. 27th, DECORATIONS GOING UP— On Tuesday the ,first 0f "the Frontier Days decorations Appeared along the trent street, The com- mittee ,started with.the addition of cedar trees to the lamp standards. Soon there will be hitching posts and bales of hay to add to the at- rniesphei'e. 86th Birthday Today Mrs. 'E. Anne James will quietly 4111bserve her 86th birthday today 'at the home of her son, L, G-. James, on -Highway 4, south of ,Wingham. 1121te. James has one daughter, Mre. R. C. Salter, as well as her son, with Whom she resides, ENGAGEMENT Mr, and Mrs. Harvey Cook, Walkerton, wish to announce the engagement of their daughter, Dor- othy Grace,, to James Dennis Cat- ter, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Carter, Londepboree The mar- riage will take place in September. V17* ENGAGENLENT Mr, and Mrs. Donald Martin, R, R. 1, Lueltnow, wish to announce the engagement of their daughter, Jean Marilyn, to James A. Young, bon of Mr, and Mrs. Clifford Young, of Langside. The marriage will take place In August, F17* ENGAGEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Roderick McKay, Wingham, wish to announce the eagageinent of their daughter, Joyce Evil May, to Mr, Brie Winston West, son of Mr, Harry West and the late Mrs. West. The marriage will take place Saturday, Septem- ber 3rd, at two o'clock in Winghtun. United Church, F175 NtaeIhtyre's Bakery will be closed from August 22nd to 27th, inclus- ive, for staff holidays. -W1113 NOTICE; My Hairdressing Parlor on Di- agonal Road will be elbSed ftoni Atigast 22nd to August sist, In- clugiVe. Mrs. Harold Poitton. PIM *OLD WIENER ROAST The Wingham Sports/lien's As- sociation annual wiener roast for members and their families will be held at the club's grounds Jr Lower Whig-haat on 'Thursday evening of this week at seven o'clock, There Will be several film% shawl, out- doors, and plenty of tea stoi food for all. Piltb ions Will Head for Godericiiiiiimi On Foot. • When these Lions get the Fron- tier fever they're liable to •do. •nitYe thing! Guess what's on the fire righti now. - Thursday .next week they're going over to Goderich to get _the, County Watklen, Seems they want. him to officiate at the opening of so that you can clip it out without any trouble.. It might be , a, good the Frontier Daye on Thursday'. idea to do just that — so you won't have 'any trouble remembering, evening—So, to make sure he'll be the times at which •the various events take place. , here they're going to call for him, . More Information Inside On page five of this lamer you nil, find an advertisement which ,provides you with details of the program for the Lions Club Frontier Days on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of next week., We have placed this information on the outside corner of the page • a7:- • fine -up .to this point,' thing is the Lions are WALK to the ecattitYf. The only going to town, past, the Lions have tried to keep All very possible, so that Frontier Days can without cracking. the budget. Most Days as a happy As they have done in years ndmission peiees down as low as be enjoyed by the nhole family folks in this area have come to ending to the summer holiday pert back to town for the week-end a spirit of the celebration, count on Frontier od a time when old mid everyone gets into friends come Present plans call for a - relay the f car°-ree Walkathon, in laps of albatit five miles. Pairs of Lions Will tramp: sort of Wingharn trademark. Plait the 35 ranee to -Cloderich., by 'way friends along to see just of Clinton, starting out from Whig- celebratioa, Frontier to enjoy the how our town. Days have become fun and bring your cut loose for its Can a out-of-town — annual pioneer the various events ,Exceptionally fine talent has been arranged for and there is plenty for even the youngest to enjoy. ham in the morning, and arriving at some undetermined hour in the, late afternoon, when, it is hoped; the Warden will take pity on the finishing -team and bring them 'back to Wingham, The whole deal is in the spirit of Frontier Days. True there were:. a lot of horses around when great- grandpa was a boy -but there was a lot of travelling done on Shank's Pony, too. The Lions are all set to prove that the pony works as well today as he did in the good old days. Right now the prospective walk- ers are brushing up. their ten- gallon -hate and taking a few hun- dred turns around the back yard to get in shape for this lest of ell , durance. Palmer Family Visits Ontario Dr. and Mrs. R. B. Palmer and family have been visiting with re- latives and friends in this dis- trict for the past few weeks. Dr, Palmer was in partnership with Dr, B. N. -Corer here, and the family moved to Hazelton, B.C., about four years ago, where he has been a medical missionary. When they leave Ontario at the end of the month they will go to the Queen Charlotte Islands, and Dr. Palmer will work at the United Church. Mission Hospital in Queen Charlotte City. opens with games and midway at the town park on Thursday night, the program 'and dancing on Friday night and the big parade and • program in the park on Saturday afternoon, followed by the CANN Barn /Jaime in the arena on Saturday night.. THE FAMOUS HAM ES SISTERS, featured weekly on the CDC television program, "Country hoedown", will appear in. the Wingham Arena Friday evening of next week, along. with a star-studded east. The program is ii per of the annual Frontier Days eelebretion which 1ATERIAL, LABOR DONATED FOR PARK adory Site Chosen r Liquor Retail addition he is trucking the meter- t.9. thp park ...without. -charge, Berry Door has also donated harold •Congram, local. contrac- tor, has donated 4,000 cubic yards of fill to be placed behind the re- taining wall on the river front at the new picnic park between the Thursday of next week, August upper dam and the highway. In 25th, is the big clay. • WI', Te .'..nalEY, 'MAKE I..'Ne? enough steel to place a metal liner CONTRACTS LET FOR behind the wall and so prevent erosion of the fill. • , , Dennis Duquette- • At Family Reunion . ' Mr. Dennis Duquette, who is an employee of the Wingham, General Hospital,- is spending, this week in Chatham celebrating with his bro- thers , and sisters, who have not been together for 34 years, until re- cently. This should be a wonderful event for all the family and Dennis, who will have many more relatives to meet. And to make this reunion a mach happier event for all con- cerned, Dennis celebrates his birth- day on August 18th, the first to -be spent with his brothers and sisters and their families. The parks commission is over- joyed at the-co-operation and gen- erosity which have been evidenced since the active work on the park and swimming area project was started. Negotiations have been complet- ed for the purchase of the Wing- ham Manufacturing Company pro- perty on the corner of Josephine and Albert Streets as the site of the new retail liquor store. It is under- stood that• the present factory build- ing will be removed and a modern retail store erected in its place. The plant has been used for sev- eral years for the manufacture of toilet seats, For the first years of the company's operatons wooden seats were made in the building on the corner, but production has now centred around the mattufae- ture of plastic seats in the smaller building On the same property im- mediately to the south. The firm is managed by DeWitt Miller. It has been known for some months that a retail store would .be opened here, following a petition to council and subsequent request to the Toronto officials, Though it is known that another property will be purchased for use as a brewers' retail, negotiations have not yet been completed. John W. Hanna, has re- ceived word from Hon. F Cass, minister of highways for the pro- vince, that contracts have been awarded for the steel work of the new bridge across the MaitlanI on Highway 21 immediately north of Goderich, and for the CPR subway which will be required in the same job, Canada Machinery Corp., Galt. was. awarded the contract for the sup-ply and erection of the steel in the main bridge, while the con- tract for the subway went to Cen- tral Bridge Co. Ltd., Toronto, Parking Facilities Opened to Public This edition, of the Advance- Times carries a full-page announce- ment by the merchants in Wing- ham's upper block which Invites the shopping public to make use of a new parking area behind the McDonald Block. Owner John P, McKibbon has spent a great deal .of time clean- ing up the lot and installing curbing, etc. A hydro pole which formerly occupied a central position in the lot has been moved. There have been three OASA titles won by Wingham before in jfi f 0 I FAMILIES minor softball, in which some of the present intermediate players ENJOY OATHERIN4 Shed Burns A small 'frame shed situated be- hind the- Vance Sanderson property on Centre St., burned to the ground .on Tuesday afternoon before the local brigade coital 'bring the blaze under 'control. The 'building, formerly owned by Moses Brown, on property recent- ly acquired by the Bell Telephone Co., was of little value and the loss was negligible. Origin of the fire was undetermined. Prompt action 'by the local fire brigade prevented fire breaking out on the rear of the Sanderson home which was endangered -by the fierce flames for a short time. SUNOCO'S START TOUT WITIMARA The Wingham Sunoco's have entered OASA play this year in -the Intermediate 'C' class for the all Ontario title. To this writer's knowledge it is the first time a Intermediate team from Wingham has been in this series, Bid Farewell To Mrs. -Lewis About 20 friends and neighbors of Mrs. Ernie Lewis met at the home of Mrs. Leonard Phillips on Di- agonal Road last Thursday even- Lig for a surprise party. The social evening was in honor of Mrs. Lewis, who moved to Lucknow on Saturday, and was arranged by Mrs. Phillips and Mrs. Harry Town, Contests were enjoyed and the winners were Mrs. W. C. Murray, Mrs. Gordon Robinson, Mrs. Lloyd Elliott, Miss Janet Murray, Mrs, Ted English and Mrs. Ralph Ham- mond. Mrs. Lewis was presented with a painting and a china floral centre- piece as farewell gifts from her friends. She thanked them for their thoughtfulness, and Mrs. Lloyd Elliott and Mrs. Joe Kerr assisted the hostesses in serving lunch. Will Resurface Josephine Street Work will commence this week on the resurfacing of Josephine Street. Though a completely new black-top pavement was put down la:st year, the surface of the road- way failed' to stand up properly ever the winter. The contractor has explained that cool weather at •the time the original work was done, had an adverse effect on the surface. The coat which is to -be added is expected to seal the hevi pavement against further da- mage. took part. In 1953 they won the Midget title, 1954 juvenile 'C' and 1956, Juvenile '13'. • The Sunoco's start the first series with Tara on 'Wednesday night, the first game to be played in Port Elgin, • It will be a 2 out of 3 series. The fans are going to be in for a- lot of good ball with the Sunoco's playing in two leagues at the same time. Trousseau Tea for Miss Joan Wightman Mrs. L. Wighman, of Myth, held a trousseau tea. in honour of her daughter, Joan, on Tuesday of last. week, prior to her marriage on Saturday to Kenneth A. Crawford. The house was decorated with pink and white bells and streamers and the tea table, covered with a lace cloth was -centred with gladioli and candelabra. Mrs, W, J. Greer, of Wingham, and Mrs Jack Vi- pond, of Mitchell, aunt of the bride- elect, presided at tile tea table in the afternoon. In the evening, Mrs, Ross Ding, Wingham, and Miss Margaret Vinond, of Atwood, aunts of the bride, and Miss Clara Mc- Gowan, Myth, and Mrs. Marguerite Harvey, of London, poured tea. Miss Susan Wightman was in charge of the display of gifts. Miss Mary Stapleton, Wingham, shoWeJ the gifte and Miss Betty Anne Irving, of Atwovi, a cousin, dis- played the household articles. The descendants of the late George and Sarah Johnston, of Fordwich and later of -Grey Town- ship, met at the home of Mr, and Mrs. Frank Shaw, Morris Town- ship, on July 31st for a family get- together. Guests were present. from Brussels, Wingham, Jamestown, Cranbronk, Windsor, Belgrave. London, Kitchener, Cekville, Wood- stock, Limon, 'Walkerton and To- ronto. Mr. and Mat. 11, it. LePine nun' four children, of Windsor, travelled the greatest distance to attrnd the reunion. Mae Elsie Shaw won the first. prize for having the most grandchildren, while Mrs. Mar- garet Maniere had the tenet:. Ron was the tallest man and [dart Mothers the shortest. Mrs. -Sandy Johnston was the driest lady present., with Mrs, Ma. thers runner-um K. Matherson. Walkerton, was the -oldest man and Gerry 'Bremner, seven-months-old son of Mr and Mrs. Bill Bremner, Grey Township, was the youngest person. Softball was played in the after- noon and there were races and games for the ehildren. The -older people present preferred to sit in the Shade and visit. 'Following supper,. served on the lawn, an- ether emane of -ban was played. A Vote of thanks was 'extended to the heist and hostess 'before the ga- thering adjourned. TRINITY ANGLICAN ClltlirtCIt, Fordwichk Where tetitennial serVicect will he held nn &Imlay next, August 2Ist. At the 11 o'etoeit service The Right Rev, A. U. O'Neil, Bishop of Fredericton, will he the guest speaker. At the evening !geeViee 14ev. M. 0. rat% of Luke's Church. London, 'MR be the visiting thihister. Rev, C, Attivell is titetor of Trihity Church,