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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1961-01-25, Page 1SI-140144 C01-'1F-4 vent; • 'nor noc ALONG THE MAIN DRAG Be The Pedestrian Atll YOUTI:1--- h, One young East Wawanosh father was properly pet . en his place when his sprouting hockey star son returned home from a game at Belgrave arena,- Asked who the coach of the team was. the lad said, "Don't know, But he was. sort of an old man, like you.'' 0.0-0 TRAirle ;MD UP-- Traffic headed east and west through Lower Town had to be re-routed at the supper hour' Monday when two ears met head- on at the cement bridge over th6 mill race, Damage to the vehicles was " not extensive, but the road- way was completely blocked until the investigation was completed by Provincial Come Ron Bell. 0 - 4 - 0 ACCIDENT, TOLL ProvincialPolice of District 6 "e", report a total of 265 acciddnts for the month of December, which took a total of 13 lives and injured 04 persons. rial...11••1010111111.11• IVINTER WE ATIIElh--- After two weeks of lovely, mild and sunny days, the mercury nose- dived to sixteen below on Friday Morning, Since that time the tem- perature has stayed well down and plenty of snow has fallen to remind all and sundry that this le still and old Ontario, 0-0-0 OFFICIALS 'ON HAND for the opening. of Wing-, CrotherS, member and president respectively of the ham's new Scout House included Warren Calln, Scout and Cub Mothers", and DeWitt Miller of the chairman, of the Groin) Committee; Andrew Lunn, Group- Committee. Group Committee, Mrs. H. A. Fuller mid Mrs. David WINNtiiS-4tiehata getierat Man. Club last Wednesday, It, ThOtirlaE4 vice skip, 1, nor of the Western Foundry, centre, is shown tia MatDenald Second and S. Sweeney, lead, look oki, he presented the Western redirdry Trophy to J. The rink Mid tht'eo Wine and a, plus of 18 In. the Dpivnant, skip 'of the winning rink at the lOOnspiel 6.60 o'clock &rot, sPnlisored by the rOuudry'at the Vitinglumu Curling MARCH OF DIMES CANVASSERS STILL NEEDED IN CAVAN The Wingham Kinette Club is busily engaged this week putting the finishing touches to the March of Dimes campaign, which takes place on Monday evening, January 39th. Target for the overall cam- paign 'in Ontario for 1961 is $650,- 000. More than 50,000 canvassers in 200 Ontario centres will participate. In 1060, the Rehabilitation Foun- dation, March of Dimes, spent $570,900 providing treatment and rehabilitation services to disabled men and women in Ontario. This was about $50,000 more than in 1959, Each year more patients are referred to , the March of Dimes, None have ever been turned away and last year half a million Salk vaccine injections were given in the polio prevention program, The Kinette Club still needs vol- unteers. If you can spare some time on the evening of January 30th,h eall Mre-hCalvin Burke at 425J,`'Your services to the March of Dimes, will help'.in the preven- tion of -polio and the rehabilitation of the physically handicapped. DON RAPER SPEAKS AT KINETTE CLUB The Kinette Club met on Mon- day night in the Scout House with 23 members nresenh Final plans were made for,. catering to the Kinsmen curling .bonspiel on Janie. my 25th. Posters, envelopes and receipt books for the March of Dimes canvass were distributed. The Kinettes Will canvass the town on Monday evening, January 30, and: hope for tbe,AupPort of the 'community. Mrs. Mervyn Templenaan was the lucky winner of •a draw prize. Don. Raper„ the guest speaker of the evening, was introduced by Mrs. Jack Bateson, He described the formation and purposes of the newly chartered Wingham Credit Union, These unions which. were originated in Gehmany, have spread around the world and there are now 99,000 unions in operation, 2,- 500 of Which are in North America and 1,300 in Ontario, Credit Unions are formed for the purpose of eas- ier ...borrowing and easier saving for their Members, Mr. Raper explained that it is quite simple for anyone to become a member and that no risk is in- volved when you deposit or borrow money, as the Union follows the regulations set up by the Ontario Department of Insurance and in- spectors audit the Union's books periodically. He urged the Kinettes to support the local Credit Union by joining it and by telling their friends about it. Mr Raper was thanked on behalf of the club by Mrs. Dave Burgess. . President Mrs. Cal Burke report- ed that the Brownies, sponsored by the Kinette Club, are in need of leaders. Mrs. Maurice Stainton and Mrs. Jack Henderson volunteered to assist them. A delicious lunch was served at the close of the meeting by Mrs. Cal Burke and Mrs. Ken Carson. The next meeting will he held on February 13, when Mrs. Jack Bate- son and Mrs. Dave Burgess will be in charge of the program, thousand dollars pet bed. Reeve Clifford Dunbar, of Grey Township, expressed the opinion that county funds should also be available for the hospitals which lie ontelde Hume, but serve some patients froth within the county. His remarks sprang from the fact that many patients from Grey Pare treated in the Listowel hospital. Deptity-Reeve. /van 'Haskins, of Rowiek, said that the people in his township will be faced with the same situation, but he felt the funds should be kept Within the county. Reeve William Ball, of Seaforth, Was of the oPirtiort that a sum of *0,000 was much too small in view Of the great need for hospital ex- nanSion, and the present over- -crowded conditions in our hospitals. Reeve Alvin Smith, of Turn- berry, said: "Let's face it. The need for further expansion by county hospitals Will continue. Sev- eral 'county hospitals are now In the process of planning for in- Creased acConirriodation." le; en, tn, With which is amalgamated the Cerrie Vidette and Wroxeter News wiNfiviAn, QNDAHII),. WXDN,CSDAV, .JANTIAAV A ,11161 ecial ames to Mat NEW RADIO STATION? i sPECIAL PROGRAM . Firemen Entertain Ladies at Euchre Members of the Wingham Fire Department entertained their wives and friends last Wednesday evening at the fire hall when there were five tables of euchre in play,. Winning the prize for high lady was Mrs. Alvin Sell, while Murray Taylor took the honors for the men, The prizes for low lady and low gentleman were coffee mugs, For- tunately the pair was not split as Mr. and. Mrs. Fred McGee both held the low points. Mr. Bob Hickey arid Jim Carr had the most lone hands and Mrs. Keith Johnston won the draw prize. Lunch was served and a very pleas- ant social time spent. SUPPORT APPLICATION The Goderich town council this week voted to support the applica- tion of James Yarrow, of Oakville, for license to operate a radio sta- tion in the lakeside town. Mr. Yar- row expressed his intention of making application to the Canadian Board of Broadcast Governors for the license. If the application were approved the radio broadcasting firm would operate under the name of Blue- water Broadcasting Company. TELEVISION SHOW • JRS. WENT WILD PLENTY OF ACTION IN AIDS ARENA FUND This being the week set aside to mark the importance of minor hockey to Canada's young people. arrangements have been made for special events at the arena, MoS'.: important of these is a full after- noon of minor hockey games on Saturday, starting at one o'clock, when Teams 5 and 8 in the Squirt league will mix it up. At two o'clock Pee-Wee Teams 1 and 4 will meet; three o'eloek, Bantam Teams 1 and 2; four o'clock Squirt Teams 6 and 7; five o'clock Pee- Wee Teams 2 and 3, This round-up of minor hockey will give parents and friends an excellent chance to see what pro- gress the boys have made in their hockey education, Other minor hockey games sche- duled for the next few days 'in- clude a Bantam game with Blyth before the Junior game in the arena on Friday night, and a MONDAY NIGHT'S FAME $100,000 to build a new arena and community centre. The TV show saw 24 musicians on duty to play requests as they were received by phone from those making contributions. In all over 40 staff members of the station do- nated their time. During the show 455 telephone calls were received and when the program went off the air $3,720 had been received in commitments, With the final $280 coding in just after the program ended. U U U The fund is, of eourse, still open and anyone wishing to donate iney do so by sending a cheque to' the Arena Fend, care of The Bank of Commence, Port 'glen. A special 3-hour TV broadcast double-header Monday evening from CKNX Sunday evening swell- when the local teams meet the ed the coffers of the Port Elgin Kincardine Bantam and Midget The fans who failed to see Mon- Arena Fund by $4,000 in donations the local arena misseld'Da"n geaxmcietinigii show. were phoned in during the teams here, day night's Junior event, One of the spectators said The Port Elgin arena was burn- There were 119 calls from Port it didn't matter what sport one ed several weeks ago and the corn- Elgin; 56 from Owen Sound; 22 liked—hockey, wrestling or box- munity is attempting to raise over from Wingham; 22 from Goderich; 19 from Kincardine and 15 from Walkerton, with the remainder from outlying points. Calls were received from as far away as Tor- onto, Etobicoke and Willewdale. The TV staff said that they ap- preciated the service of the teleT phone operators, who worked hard to make the program so successful. LOCAL RINKS WIN FOUNDRY 'SPIEL Mg—there was some of everything for the fans. The visiting club arrived with only nine players and before the fixture was over they were playing with only five, after major penal- ties. One 20-minute period took 55 minutes of red hot action. The Wingham Jokers led the scoring 9-4 at the 13-minute mark in the third and then all but lost their advantage when Patterson of Port Elgin went berserk and cracked out with three goals in a string to end 'the game 9-7 for Wingham. Templeman was the top marks- men for the :Jokers with three goals and an assist' to his -credit. Coultes also bagged three and Dallimore, Crawford and Skinn notched. singles,. -Stevens of ° Port bagged two and Gregg and Doud- geon were credited with the re- mainder for their team. The game was chiefly notable for •penalties, Port Elgin receiving five minors. two misconducts and one game misconduct. Wingham was handed nine minors. Wingham—Goal, Markley; de- fence, Coultes, Mahood; forwards, Dania/lore, Crawford, Carmichael....1 alts., Fryfogle, Kerr, Templeman, Lockridge, Skinn, Walker. Port Elgin—Goal, Morgan; de- fence, Thompson, Doudgeon; for- wards, Doug Doudgeon, Gregg, .Stevens; alts. Bell, . Patterson, Hodge. Toboggan Party The United Church Couples' Club held its regular meeting on Monday evening, Part of the, group enjoyed tobogganing and the rest played shuffle board at the church. This was followed by a brief wor- ship service in charge of Mr, and Mrs, George .Guest and Mr. and Mrs, Wilford Caslick, The highlight of the evening was the installation of officers for 1961, conducted by Rev. G. Husser. A hearty lunch was en- joyed. The evening's program was in charge of Mr. and Mrs. Guest, Mr. and Mrs. Caslick am Mr. and Mrs. Bill Willis. Committees Named by Huron CountyCau ncil Opening its January session last week in Goderich, Huron County named the following to standing committees for the year 1961. First named in each case is the com- mittee chairman: Executive — Harvey Coleman, Ralph Jewell, Harvey Culbert, James Bisset, Karl Haberer. , Legislative—George McCutcheon, William Ball, Stewart Procter, Ivan Haskins, A. D. Smith. Finance — Frank Walkom, Roy Adair, James Hayter, Clifford Dun- bar, Grant Stirling, . Reforestation—Alvin Rau. John Henderson, Mr. Haberer, J. W. Britnell, Douglas Miles. Property—Valentine Becker, Mr. Bisset, Clarence Hanna, Mr. Ball, Lloyd O'Brien. County Home - Mr. Adair, Mr. Rau, Mr. Jewell, W. J, Forbes, Mr. Dunbar, Children's Aid Society Glen Fisher, Mr. Haskins. Mr. Procter, Hugh Berry, John Berry, Bill Han- ley, Agriculture Toni Lieper, Mr. Coleman, Mr. Becker, Dan Beuer- man, Mr. Stirling, Library — Arthur Gibson, Mr. Hanna, Mr. Ball, Mr. Bisset, Mr, Haberer, Morgan Agnew. the left they are Peter McCarter, Toni Miller; Billy Strong; on the right, Bobbie Major, Brian Miller, Galbraith and Jim McCarter. Wardens -Mr. O'Brien, Mr. For- bes, Mr. Adair, Mr. McCutcheen, William McKenzie. Equalization—Mr. Becker, Scott Falrservice, Mr. 'Fisher, Mr, Leiper, Mr. Hayter, Roads' -- Clayton Smith, Glen Webb, Mr. Crick Mr, Ritchie, Mr. Kerr. Health ---. John Morrissey, Mr. Henderson, Ivan Forsyth, .Mr. Beuerrnan, Mr. O'Brien. .Airport--Mr, Forbes, Mr. Jewell, Mr. Culbert, Criminal Audit - Judge Frank Fingland, Arthur Gibson, J. G. Berry. Consultative Mr. Henderson, Mr. Leiper, Mr. Fisher, Historic—Mr, Dunbar, Mr. 13euer- man, Mr. McKenzie Mr. Smith, Mr. Walkom, Civil Defence--Mr, Agnew, Mr. 1VIcCutcheon, Mr, Fairservice. . County Roads Deputy Reeve Joe Kerr, of Wing- ham, was appointed to a five-year term. on the road committee. Other appointments are: Reeve Andrew Ritchie, Ashfield Township, to a I four-year term, and Reeve Melvin Crich, Clinton, to a three-year term on the road committee. ' 'CUBS AT HOUSE OPENING—A group of Wolf Cubs Pose before the insignia of their' group at the new Scout House last Wednesday evening. From Council Votes No On Roads Increase against a road committee recone. .Huton countyn council voted 28-7 To .. BuILOINU FUND ND that the levy for county roads be increased by one mill, The report of the county engineer, .1. W. Britnell, stressed the fact that at present taxation levels, an adequate amount of construction mileage camiot be completed. The engineer's report stated that the development road between Blyth and Dunlop is expected to be completed in July of this year, total cost running to $825,000, of which the county share will be $75,000. He also said that more work was completed in 1960 than in any previous year. It was decided to remove 3.2 miles of road from the county system, 'This is a section of Road 12 at Wroxeter, which will revert to the `townships of Turnberry and 1-lowlelh Plans for 1961 call for construc- tion of Road 12, Walton to Brus- sels, 5 miles; paving Road 12, Wroxeter, 4 Inilee; Road 21, Eg- mondville, 1'4 miles; bridges B-13, Morris, 150 feet;- B-41 Gas Line, 60 feet. New Scout House Opened any Have Aided Project Two.. Wingharn ..rinkSh.came, up with top hopors, in their respective 1, draws to win the Western Foundry Bonspicl and Trophy, at the Wing-- ham Curling Club last Wednesday. A rink skipped -Bowman,' of Wingham, in the first draw captur- ed the trophy with three wins and a plus of .18. Second prize went to „George Harvey's foursome. of Thed- orci with two *wins and a plus of • Third prize was taken by• Bill ain's Wingham rink with two and nine. Consolation went to T, Riteh- ie, of :Gerrie. The second draw was won by Jim Murray's "McKenzie King" rink with. three wins and a plus of 11, The Grit, foursome included Bob Hetherington, Art Brown and George Inglis, Second place was taken by Clarke Renwick, of Bel- more, with a score of two and 13 and the third prize went to Jim Coultes, of Wingham, his group winning two with a plus of eight. Consolation Went to Dr. M. Staple ton, of Seaforth. The bonspiel was one of the most successful this season with a full entry and close games all the way. Other entries came froth Clinton, Tees‘vater,- Allenford, Sarnia, Elora nd Wroxeter, — • 1~3ELGIIA.VE SCHOOL FAIR Annual meeting of the Belgrave School Fair will be held in Bel- grave Community Centre, Tuesday, January 31, at 2 p.m. Everyone interested in the fair, please at- tend. F25b ENGAGEMENT Mrs. W. E. Patterson wishes to announce the engagement of her daughter, Elleabeth Pearl, to Cat. William Soreh Austin; of the Royal Canadian Mounted Pollee, Langley, RC., son ok Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Austin, R. R. 1, Gorrie, Ontario. The wedding wilt take place on Saturday, February 25th, at 3 p.m. in Forclwich United Church, :Ford- wieh, Ontario. F25* ';NGAGItliMINT Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Gibson,. of Wroxeter, announce the engage- anent of their daughter, Bonnie Marie Gibson, to Ronald Stewart MacDougall, son of Mrs, Lumsden MacDougall, of Toronto, The mar- riage will take place February 4th, P250 C2.00 DONATION KIN VOTE GRANT TO. SCHOOL FOR RETARDED The 'regular Friday night meeting of the local Kinsmen Club was held at the Queens Hotel and saw the usual fun and nonsense during the dinner session. Business, other than a few routine items, was confined to vot- ing $200.00 to the Golden Circle School for Retarded Children. The donation was made after Kin Ace Bateson had investigated the re- quirements of the organization. Kin George - Stokes stated, in the ab- sence of Kin Ace, that the school received $1,300.00 in grants and had received $750,00 in donations last year. It had taken this amount to operate the school. Kin Cy 'Robinson, chairman of the trade fair committee, reported that all committee heads for the fair had been appointed with the exception of booth sales. - President Fred Ternpleman told the club that a joint meeting with three other clubs will be held on Founders Night, February and, HURON COUNTY ADDS Considerable discussion ensued at the January session of Huron County Council last week when the question of the set-aside for the hospital fund was brought up. Final decision was to add $50,000 to the $55,000 which was set aside for the same purpose last year. The reso- lution included the proviso that the grant was voted for the year 1961 only, A the November session a depu- tation of renre.sentatives from the various hospitals in Huron County addressed council and requested that study 'be given to the expan- sion problem which faces all hos- pitals in the. county. At that time it was pointed out that each of the institutions is faced with the need for new buildings or additions to the present ones. The purpose of the county fund is to aid in bridg- ing the gap between federal-pro- vincial grants and the actual costs of hospital construction, which in most cases amounts to several FOR HOSPITALS Last Wednesday evening saw the official opening of the new Scout House, in the building which form- erly housed the CPR station. Group Committee chairman Warren Cal- lan, Mrs. David 'Crothers, president of the Cub and Scout Mothers' Auxiliary, and Mrs. U. A, Fuller, past president web on hand to Weicoine the. guests, as well as the Scout and Cub leaders. Work has been going on for sev- eral months to completely renovate and redecorate the building, Which now presents a most attractive ap- pearance The entire south end of for the purpose, The Kinsmen then voted $1700 for renovations, and $250 .annually for upkeep. 'The Kin- ' ettes supplied linoleum and some of the furnishings; more furnish- ings were added by the Scout Mothers; Burke Electric supplied a Stove for the kitchen, and Percy Clark the furnace. All told the new youth Centre Wakes a Most excellent addition to the facilitiA, in our town and sincere appreciation must be ex pressed to all who had a part in its development, the house has been thrown into one large room for the gatherings of the larger groups. Here the floors have been refinished and Pre- ' finished wall surfacing has been applied. New lighting, and paint I have made the room very -attrac- tive, Adjoining Is the kitchen, and other rooms on the ground tloor are used for the leaders and cloak rooms, On the second floor are three gtiod-sized rooms which are available for various purposes. The entire Scout House project became possible when the town turned over the old CPR building iGNGAGEM1INT Mr. and Mrs. Fred Doubledee, 1., Wroxeter, wish to announce the engagement of their daughter, Anna Mae, to John Moffat, Lon- don, son of Mr, and Mrs. Harold Moffat, R. R. 1, Wingliam, The Wedding will take place at the home of the bride's parents early iii 'February, 17'254