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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1960-09-07, Page 1••••,.,,ept S ThIGI,,E COPIES — 7 cent* With which is '41-0.41-gAllotoci the Vitiate and Wrozeter News. nixNuu.ot, oramuo, wonsPAY, sgroomu,7th, 1969 FIRST WAR VETERAN AY i ALIN THE MAIN DRAG WILLIAM A. URN SERVED. FAITHIjULLY WDHS Students Win J3ursaries Misses Christine Runstedtier and Irene Saint, both of whom were Grade 13 students at the Wingham District High School last year, have been awarded Dominion-Pro- vinoial student aid buz'saries. Chris- tine is enrolled at Brescia Hall and Irene wilt attend the Stratford Teachers' College, ast Drivers Face ouncil Crackdown C110111 FOR RETARDED OPENS FALL TERM Mrs. R. Campbell 90 on Thursday • Another happy occasion will be celebrated on Thursday of this week when Mrs, Robert Campbell marks her 90th birthday at the home of her son, Robin. Campbell, Maple Street. Mrs. Campbell enjoys good health, and despite an accident sev- eral years ago, is fairly active, Born In Scarborough, the former Annie Hallway, she is the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Hallway. She lived for a short time in Kentucky with her parents be- fore moving to Wingham, and her father operated a shoemaking busi- Additional Donations To. Frontier Days Bank of Commerce, $10.00; -Frosty Queen, $5.00; Wilfred Ham- ilton, $3.00; Hanna's Men's Wear, $2,00; Walla' Shoe Store, Sara); Davidson Well Drilling, $2.00; Sloe- ser Barber Shop, $2,00; Reuben Appleby, $1.00; Mason's Book Store, $2.00; Angus Grocery, $2.00; Walker Home Furnishings, $3,00; Hazel- grove Smoke Shop, $2.00; MaeIn- tyre Bakery, $2.00; Fenton Dairy. $2,06; Hafermehl Jewellery, $0.00; Batons of Canada, $10,00. The Golds:n Circle School for Re- tarded Children in Wingham and District is now hoidiing classes half days for the 1900-61 term. Any children who qualify for this training should be brought to the attention of one of the 'following People as soon as possible: Harvey Webster, Lucknow; Ross Hamilton,' Wingham; Mrs. T. G. Husser, Wingham; Fred Howson, Blyth; Robert Walker, Brussels, THIS IS A DRY TOWN— It's the weather we're talking about, With no rain of any con- sequence for Weeks, Wingham seems to be just about the driest spot in Ontario, Heavy rains have fallen in spots as close as Tees- water and Whitechurch. Maybe we need to hold a vote and seek an order-in-council. O - 0 0 WORKING IN US,— Les Armstrong, who came to Wingham about five years ago as reporter-photographer for the Ad- vance-Times, and has worked more recently for the CKNX news de- partment, has left for California, where he has a position with the National Broadcasting Company at San Diego, Mrs, Armstrong and their two children, James and Ruth, will leave shortly to join him. O - 0 - 0 CONDOLENCES— To all mothers who this week sent either the first or the last of their young ones off to school. Sometimes it's a rather sad event, and one time when mother has to suffer in silence, Father's usually glad to see them on their way. 0 - 0 - 0 NEW PLANT Constructionwork Is in progress at the plant of the Wingham Manu- • facturing Company, where a large cement block addition is being er- ected to replace the floor space which was recently sold to provide a site for the new liquor store, The new building will stand ad- joining the north side of the small- er structure in which plastic toi- let seats are made. 0 - - 0 WINS GOLF CLUBS— At the regular meeting of the town council on Tuesday el/ening, a letter from Lovell McGuire was read, deploring the excessive speed of some drivers on Josephine Street north, particularly front the McKenzie bridge to the town limits. The letter sparked a lively dia- aussion by council members on. the speeding problem in the com- munity. Councillor Nasmith said that he was in agreement with the letter, and that "too much hot-coding is going on". He also pointed to the streets leading to the high school as another place where students from the school are travelling too fast on many occasions. Councillor Buchanan said that he had received a good many com- plaints on the same subject. "The main street is often a regular drag strip, particularly after dances conclude at the Royal T", he 'said. "Bicycles, are another problem as well, and many are being ridden on the sidewalks." He felt that the complaints over speeding were I justified, Mayor McKinney said that the police should be notified to 'crack down on speeders and that a letter to the principal of the high school should be written, as a warning to the students from the school who do not abide by the traffic laws. Both Schools Crowded As New Term Opens William Allan 'Galbraith, former clerk of the Town of ,Wingham, died at the hospital at 11,50 Mon- day evening after being la for the past two and a half years. aleata- felt regret has been ellPreSaed throughout this community at , the early passing of a man who •tte• voted Iris; entire adult -life to the Service of his country and his home town, He was 08 years of age. Born in Wingham, "Will" Gal- braith was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Galbraith, .1-fla father was in business in Wing4are, for 60 years as a retail niercharia, The son received his eclucati4 the Wingham public and 'high schools, graduating from Grade do some years before his enlistment with the R,C.A.S.C, in May lop: He Served until Jely,1919, in Ent: land, Belgium and Germany the rank of private. In 1920, after he had rote/mad from overseas duty, Mr, Galbraith was appointed town clerk and' treasurer and served the tOtait without interruption until he war taken ',ill two and a half yearsaagia During his term of office he earnest the respect and appreciation of hundreds of mayors, reeves and councillors, as well as the general public, ,for his meticulously careful Please turn to page ten, WILLIAM A. GALBRAITH, wito had served the Town of Wingham as its clerk and treasurer for 37 years. Mr. Galbraith died after a long illness at the Wingham General Hospital, on Monday —Self-portrait. Skiers Provide Excellent Show on the Maitland Wingham's first water show, CRITICALLY 'INJURED IN LOWER TOWN HAMILTON WOMAN IS' Two members of last year's staff havel eft for other schools. Russell Smith ha3 gone to Ottawa and Randy Yates to Guelph. Public School Classroom facilities at the Wing- ham Public School are once again in short supply. With an increase in attendance of 12 over last year the music room of the school is .being used for extra space. Musical instruction will be provided in the regular classrooms for this year. Total registration is 516, with 66 in the kindergarten classes. New members of the staff this year are Mrs, C, Wilson, of Ford- wieh, who will teach Grade VIII; Donald Jardin, of Wingham, who graduated last term . from the Stratford'Teachers' College anti will teach Grades VI and VII; Mrs, C. Walsh, Belgrave, who was a staff member with the exception of the 1959-60 term, who will teach Grades VII and VIII, Any parents who have not yet registered their children for kin- dergarten are urged to do so at once. The Wingham District High School onenea on Tuesday morning with a total registration of 669, an increase of 63 over last year. The entire facilities of the school, including the new wing completed last spring, will be required to handle the student body. Not only the four new classrooms occupied, but the music room has been pressed into service as ad- ditional classroom space and meals in the cafeteria will have to be served twice during the lunch period to accommodate all the students, Five new staff members com- menced their duties at the high school this week. They are Mrs, M. Harland, who comes here from ,ShelbutnearShe -will ieach -aanglish Mrs. George Malcolm, returned from Earthosa, and a former mem- ber of the WDHS staff, home eco: nomics; 3, DaHorwood, a graduate of the .0AC and School of Prac- tical Science, University of Toronto, who will teach mathematics; R. B. Vivian, Dryden, industrial arts, and J P. Wade, Red Lake, Ont., science. which was presented on the waters of the upper pond Sunday after- noon, not, only proved that we have NEED VOLUNTEERS TO PAINT SCOUT HALL ness on the corner where her son now has the Canadian Tire Corp, store. The building in which her father worked, both as shoemaker and telegraph operator, was moved Streets Are Good Councillor Nasmith, reporting on public works, said that several jobs are in a state of saint-completion. The re-surfacing of main street is completed and the committee had found the contractor most co- operative. The other streets which were shafaeed• sediaa to-leakawell, and work along the gutters and at the catch hasins is all that remains to be dohe in this regard. The sewer on John Street West became plugged and it was found necessary to dig it up for repairs. This was unexpected work and would be a heavy expenditure that Please turn to Page Seven Miss Catharine Sled, of Hamiltoe, is in critical condition iii Victoria Hospital, London, 'following a ca accident in. Lower Winghant =- Wednesday of last week. Cars driven by Miss Sled, 'Mai was travelling emit, and that driver} by Bruce Thompson, R.R. (iaLucka now, westbound, collided oa several very capable skiers in town, but that the river and ad- joining park have many possibill- Ales for recreational purposes. The show, which was sponsored by the Wingham Sportsmen s Association, was arranged by Bob Deyell. and drew crowd of be- tween -1;a100' 'ant' 2i000'7$FeCtators,- eifiaW liefarrat'ailf tliaatatatier Viaratt4gR.•-aa/AnAKKIAAaataga6J4eatattliti street and is now the kitchen of store. The point of impact was the hides, which were ' damaged to a ye- the Campbell home, left front fencleaa of the two Mrs. Campbell was married in total of about $800. 1903 and the couple farmed in the Wingham district until her hus- were Others injured in the accident b passengers with Miss Sled, band passed away two years ago, her mother, Mrs. George Sled, when she came to live with her Hamilton, who was admitted to the son Robin. There are two other Wingham General Hospital with sons, Herbert and Stewart, twins, abrasions, lacerations and shock, of G-lenannetn, and one daughter, and 'the driver's niece, Cathie Sled, Bessie, Mrs. Andrew Strong, as well also of Hamilton, who had a mild as 10 grandchildren and 10 great- concussion, grandchildren. Provincial Constable Jack Park- Mrs. Campbell can recall many inson of the Wingham Detachment of the interesting events of bygone investigated the a cciden I. No years and retains a spritely sense charges were laid. ot humor for her advanced years. who lined the McKenzie and How- son bridges and the banks in between. A silver collection amount- to almost $200 ,and since none of the performers or boat owners charged for their services, the Sportsmen will have a worthwhile sum. They intend to use the money Please turn to page ten There have been two work par- ties at the new Scout Hall to paint the exterior of the building and it . is already beginning to look much brighter. Wilfred White .has fialatiedahla, work on the interior. Two par- titions were removed and steel beams inserted.. The main room has been finished with butternut ma- sonite• with a punoh board ceiling and the, stairway, which was curv- ed, has been made into a straight staircase to avoid accidents. The washroom is on the second floor. It is expected that the furnace will be installed within the next Jorale of weeks, Several more work parties will be needed to complete the project. There is still sanding to be done and a good deal of painting. Fath- .3rs of Cttbs and Scouts, or any per- son interested in seeing that the job is finished so that the boys may resume their meetings, arc asked to phone Warren Callan to offer their asssitanee. Volunteers are urgently needed. Doreen in Final Don Cameron, Victoria Street, was a happy boy on Monday even- ing When Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Ranson delivered to him a set of matehed - golf plubs. He war the winner of a draw held that day at a tournament at the Sauble Got' Club, Sauble Beach, and the Rap- sons, who were in attendance, offered to deliver the loot. The clubs are valued at over $300. 0 - 0 - 0 ANNUAL TOURNEY— Canadian Legion members from many points in Western Ontario gathered at the Wingham Golf Club on Wednesday afternoon for 0 the annual tournament sponsored ; by the local Legion branch. --- . ENGAGEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Edgar G. Gaunt, Beigrave, wish to announce the engagement of their daughter. Barbara Mary Edith, to Mr, Eric Norman Routliffe„ Son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Routliffe, Aylme, East, Quebec, The marriage will take. place on October 8 in Melville Presbyterian Church, Brussels, F7* ENGAGEMENT Mr. and Mrs. AriC Veehoef, R.R. 5, Clinton, announce the engage- ment of their daughter, Corrie Russila to Mr. William Ralph, son of NB:. and Mrs, Isaac Nixon, R.R. 7, Lucknow. The wedding will take .,ea- place in St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Clinton, on Saturday, Oc- ▪ tober 1st le7* ANNIVERSARY SERVICES BELMORE ,lCnox Presbyterian Church, Bel- more, is holding its anniversary services next Sunday, September 11. Services are at 11 am, and 7.30 p.m. Guest preacher will 'be Rev. D. T. Lane, Clinton. Special music. Everybody is welcome, F7* importance of Huron County, and was persohally interviewed. On Monday night of this week She was chosen as one of the two winners in, the semi-finals, with two. other girls being chosen from another group of five on Tuesday night, The speech in this case was on the province of Ontario. Wednesday evening of this 'week the semi-final winners entered the, finals, when each contestant 'had to broaden her subject to the Do- minion of Canada. The speeches accounted for 30 of the 100 marks in each of the Doreen Itowatt of Belgrave, representative of Huron County M I the Dairy Princess contest, has succeeded in working her way to the finals at the Canadian Nation- al Exhbition, Doreen competed for county lion- ms last spring at the Clinton Spring Fair and emerged the win- ner. On Tuesday of last week she entered the prelimiltaries in Toron- to against four other county win- ners and had the highest marks for the fiite girls. In addition to milking a cow she was required to give a two-minute speech on the Attention Parents BOWLERS TO ORGANIZE All commercial bowlers are asked to meet at the bowling alleys on . Tuesday evening, September 13, at 8 o'clock, at which time captains and teams will be earned for the coming season. F7* and LOCAL STOCK GOES 11 0 AMERICAN MARKET There is one Canadian product which apparently finds a ready market in the United States . . Ontario homegrown turtles. Over the week-end traps were placed in the Maitland River by two men from Ohio and a fair catch was taken out for shipment to the American market, The turtle hunters make up their traps out of woven wire fencing material as they are required, con- structing a box-like cage with a narrow entrance through which the reptiles can crawl in their effort to get at the bait inside. Getting back out is another and much more difficult matter, When the traps are lifted the turtles are removed and loaded into the truck which the trappers use to carry not only their catch but ma- terials for their traps anti their boat. To see a boat load of the traps moving out across the river reminds one of a down-east lob. sterman , in the States the live turtles will bring about 23a a pound, and dress- ed out, ready for the frying pan or the soup kettle, the meat is worth $1.00 per pound. The trapper-in- chief tolls us that he has taken some turtles as big as at) pounds, The larger ones are of ten vicious, so the trappers pick them up by the tails. Apparently the take In Wingham was not too big. The trappers blamed slow-Moving Water which failed ,to entry the scent of the over-ripe liver they use for halt. 'The move to have the turtlea, trapped out of the river was in-1 augurated by the WI-aglow). Sports- Inch, who would like to see the last of the Shell-backs, A full-grown turtle, they say, devours vast MAW* frera Of fish and can Mt del away With a Mature &wk. s WedneadaV Wirt 411 prelia in this style. She, enteral) evening and the irestata were tame,—Photo by Tatofalty, HURON DAIRit It — Doreen Henvatt, Huron's representative in the Dairy Queen Cola- petition at the Ustriadian Nathanal Exhibitioa workeil her Way through the. paellininttries and St.rni-finals trials. The remaining 70 points were based on. knowledge of the dairy industry, efficiency of operat- ing and handling the milking machine of the contestant's choice, proper milking procedure, and per- sonality, On Monday evening each of the girls chose the Surge milker. There were five different breeds of cows in the colliseum and the con- testants drew lots. Doreen milk- ed a Holstein and an, Ayrshire In thetesm preliminary and semi-final . The County Princesses were treated to special entertainment while at the Exhibition, and -{inners at such, places as the Town and Country. Doreen won $25.00, a maple leaf rhinestone brooch and a bronze' medallion in the prelim- inaries. On Monday night she won $10.00 and a piece of luggage end a plaque, which abe will keep for one year, with her name inscribed on one of the name plates. '['his was for being the winner in a contest. in Which the Toronto Star had divided the entire province into five districts, and Doreen was the top contestants in the Western 'Ontario zone. All finalists receive a chest of silver and a six-months-old pure- bred calf, The winner will be given a trip to Britain, as well as a number of other gifts, At time of going to press the final results are not yet known. Doreen has many friends in the county through 4-II work arid other activities and is also popular with patients and staff members at Wingham General Hospital. where 'the is a Certified Nursing Assis- tant. All will be anxiously Jag the reaulta. If you are the parents of Public School chil- dren, and reside west of Josephine Street, so that your children must cross the main street on their way to and from school: PLEASE make sure that they cross ONLY at the intersection of John and Josephine Streets. Police protection is provided for this corner and since the distance to school is exactly the same by the John Street route, the added safety factor is important. The Public School principal and staff are co- operating with the town authorities and both ask your assistance in impressing the point upon the younger children. GORDON DEYELL, Chief of Police. DANCE IN WROXEtElt. Be sure to attend the Opening dance of the Fall Season. at the Community Hall Friday, Sept, 0th. MuSic by your favorite entertainer of Radio, Stage and T.V. The All- Star Night Hawks, Featuring Clarence Petrie for round and Square dancing, Sponsored by the Hall Board, Admission 15e. Two 45.00 door priaeS. Fab HOSPITAL AUXILIARY The Ladies' Auxiliary to Wing- ham 'General Respital Will hold its monthly meeting in the coattail ehrtather, on Friday, September 9, At a pan, Vlb I