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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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