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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1961-10-25, Page 1NEW SCHEDULE SET P.0,R MANIC Effective October 29th new eh:e- l:latch there will take effect at the local post office. The evening mall will leave here ,a half hour earlier than usual due to o, change in train schedules from Stratford to Toronto. During the period of Standard Time, the first mail will be closed at 12.30 p.m. The next mail will close at 2 p.m. and the evening mail will be aped at 1.30 p.m, barge mailers should have their outgoing mail in the post office well In advance of the above-men- tioned hours in order to permit the staff time to sort and route the .outgoing, items, rother.in.Law Was • . . IN z E rr LAND A Cu !DENT Eric Walden, well-known local transport owner, was admitted to hospital as the result of a two-car collision at the west end of the Zeeland bailey bridge on Tuesday morning. He suffered chest in- juries, two fractured ribs, an in- jured left elbow and head ahra..1 sions. His condition was describ- ed as good on Tuesday afternoon. His four-year-old son, Dale, a pm- senger, was admitted to hospital but was released after treatment for minor injuries. The accident occurred when a Volkswagen driven by Walden was in collision with a late model car driven by Frank Condick, Walker- ton, on the western end of the bridge. Police said the bridge was extremely slippery at the time, due to rain which had been falling Cordick was not injured in the mis- hap, total damage to the two cars was estimated by police at 61,000. The accident was investigated by Con- stable Murray Fridenburg of the Wingham 0.P,P„ detachment, . •- P r m .a Daylight Saving lime Ends IN THE • Town of lifinghant AT 12;01 A.M. ON Sunday. Octobor 20th, 1961 It E., WileKINNE-Y, Wittyor, Towt. -of Winshmit, the eame city, who is a brother-in- law of Mrs, Percy Cla.rit of VVing- ham. The injured man is known to quite a number in this commun- ity, as he, has been a, frequent vis- itor at the Wingham General Hos- pital, where Mrs. IVLetcalPs. father, „Mr. M., Wilson,, has, been, confiped for over a year, . The accident 'oeclifrreel at' 4.45 on Thursday afternoon. on No. • 7 Highway near Breslau, when a night 'van in which Mr, Metcalfe Was a passenger was in collision with a Stake truck, Driver of the van, John Gordon Hiller, 19, was killed and Mr. Metcalfe sustained At ' serious head injuries, He was. taken lo the Kitchener-Waterloo Hospi- •tal and later transferred to the amilton General iHospital for treatment. On Tuesday he had not regained consciousness and was still in very serious condition. Mrs. Clark has been with her Sister in Hamilton since the week- end. • I erious1y Injured MEETING TONIGHT killed in an accident which sec- - A Kitchener youth was instantly WESTERN BISHOP iously Injured W. Merle. Metcalf, of TO , 'PEAK HIRE A colorful service for the opening arid dedication of the United Church manse took place on Sunday after- noon, as part of the 98th anniver- sary celebration of the congregas tion. About 100 persons gathered for this event including visitors from as far away as Hamilton. Special guests for the occasion in- cluded D, Kyles, of Kyles Kyles; Architects, Hamilton; Rev. Robert Hilt; chairman of Huron The annual statutory meeting for the Anglican Deanery of Huron will he held at St. Paul's Chuech, Wingham, tonight (Wednesday) at eight o'clock, The speaker will be the Re Rev, W. H. H. Crump, B A D.D„ 13ishon of Saskatchewan The Diocesan Commissioner, Archdea- con C. J. Queen, B.A., D.D., will present the 1962 budget of the Dio- cese of Huron. A similar meeting is being held in 'each of the, deaneries of -the diocese, Bishop Crump, whose address will be illustrated by slides, is a native of London, Ontario, and a The statutory meeting will be at- tended by the clergy, churchwar- dens, lay representatives to -Synod and their substitutes, and other of- fiCials of tile churches of the dean- graduate of the University of Wes- tern Ontario and Huron College. He was ordained in 1926 in the Diocese 'of Brandon where he 'then served for seven years in three par.' ishes, From 1924 to 1944, he was rector of St. Aidan's Church, Win- nipeg. In 1944 he became rector of Christ Church, Calgary, where he servcd until his consecration as Bishop of Saskatchewan on Feb-. ruary 24th, 1960, -at Prince Albert, where he now lives. BishOp Crump has received the honorary cl. gree of Doctor of Divinity from the Uni- versity of Emmanuel College Sas- katoon; Huron College, London, l and Trinity College, Toronto. Lurch is sponsoring "-Open House" `in the Church Sunday 'School rooms in honour of the 50t1•.wedding an- niversary of Rev. and Mrs. W. Hird on Saturday, October 28th, from 2 tin 5 p.m. Gifts gratefully declined. E UCHRE AND BINGO In Wroxeter Hall, Wednesday, November 1st, at 8, in 30 p.m. Spon- sored -by W.I. Ladles bring lune Admission 25e. E25b ENGAG EiNILENT Mr. and Mrs. Ross O'Neil, of OlandeboSte,'Otitierneed"Winfl"th* tiff-` ntetence• the engagement of their 'only daughter, Ruth, to Mr., William John Walker, eon of Mrs. Janet Walker and the fate Thomas Walk- er, The wedding will take place in November. F25b BILNETTE TEA Will be held at the Council Cham- bers, Wednesday, November 1st, 3 to 5 p.m, Bake table and latest fashions in fall hats. Draw will be made for the 5-piece bridge set. F25-11) COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES The ennead Commencement Exet- elees of the Wingham District High School will be held oft Friday, Oc- tober 27, in the school auditorium at 8 p.m. The address to the gradu- ates Will be given by Ttbv. W. Young, chaplain Ontario Agrictd- tural College. Miss Pamela Porter Will be the class valedictorian, Certificates, diplorhas anti awards Will be presented along with num- bers from the Glee Club and Band. Parents and those interested in the MOhool are iniltited to attend the Commencement Exercises, There will be a 'dance following the Pro- gram. F25b TEA AND sAtl,' illuenttle United Church will 11014 The Woman's Atsociation of a bake Sale and tea in the Church school room, Wednesday, October Olith, at g pan. Vig-25b Presbytery,. of Exeter, and the Rev.' G. Carlyle Husser, brother of the minister, of Niagara Falls. Also pre, sent were many ministers and their wives from United Churches in Huron. The service opened with the Rev. T, Garnett klusser in charge. Jack Reavic, secretary of the Parsonage Building Committee, presented a statement from that committee in Which he indicated that the neW BUSINESS ASSOCIATION TO MEET THURSDAY The Wingham Business As- sottiation will meet in the,coun- ail chamber al the town ball at eight o'clock on Thursday eve- nt this week. All the businessmen, of the community are urged to attend for it is at this fall meeting that arrangements are made for the aiming Christmas promo- Cron. The, few who normally turn out for these gatherings are hesitant to -make deciSlons for the majority who stay at home, but are left with no al. ternatlye. Mrs. Don Adams Wins C.W,L. Draw Mrs. Owen King, Catholic Wo- men's League president, and Mrs. George Skinn, 1st vice-president, received a large number of ladies at the annual CWL tea held in the Legion Home last Wednesday after- noon. Autumn tones were used in dec., oration with lovely bouquets orfall flowers. The table of homemade! baking was laden with an appetiz- ingeetariety:eofecakmecooktee, pies, etc., and was soon cleared. Pouring tea were Miss Annie Mc- Kinnon, Mrs, Joseph Brophy, Mrs. Ed, Fitzpatrick' and Mrs. John 1 Hanna, past president, and now of Brussels. Miss Anna McDonald sang sev- eral numbers during the afternoon.) Mrs. Don Adams was the winner of the draw for 25 silver dollars. manse in the result of careful plan- ning over a period of 'two 'years . and the recognition by the Official Board of its necessity in preserving the value of the church property.. He (anther stated that the Manse serves many needs not experienced. by the average family and repre- sents the love and the coneern of the congregation for all that we' mean =viten we. eav "'the United. Church of Canada." Mr. Reavie introduced D. KAns.„ architect, who expressed his thonks to the contractor Norman Rintoul and the sub-contractors, Norm•an, Keating, electrical; plumbing and neating, Meehan; painting anO decorating, Russell Zurbrigg; tering, Howate; masonry, Irving Bros.; concrete, Albert Coultes; floor ebverings, Norman Weiwood and Elmer Wilkinson; floor sand-. ing, G. Mulvey; draperies, jack Walker and Edighoffers. Mr, Kyle, went on to say that it was one of the best built homes he had ever seen, Mr. Hinton', general contractor, handed the keys of the manse to G. W. Tiffin, secretary of the Official. Board, representing Cohn Fingland, chairman of the Parsonage Build- ing' Committee, who was unable to be present, Following the Litany of Dedica- tion the Rev. Robert Hiltz officially dedicated the manse on behalf of the Presbytery of Huron, Having received the scissors from Master- Donald Husser, the Rev. Mr, 'Hinz, cut the ribbon, The congregation] broke forth in singing The Dwee elegy. G. W. Tiffin then presented the:„ keys to the minister, Rev. T. Husser, expressing his hope that -di 4, minister's family would find hap; piness in the new home. Di reit eeiving the keys Mr. Husser state that .e and his familye expme, their thanks to the'•congregation behalf of the ministers of the past for whom it is a memorial,- the min- isters of the future who may have, the privilege of residing in it, on, behalf of his wife and family, ex-1 pressing the hone that it will he a' place of good fellowship and friendship -to the minister, his fam--1 ily and the congregation. Its door is ever open to all who desire to come in the name Of friendship. The dedication prayer and -the benediction were given by Rev. C. Carlyle Husser, minister of Stam- ford United Church, Niagara Fans, Following the ceremony tea was served in the Sunday School rooms of the church by the wives of the Parsonage, Building Committee. Firemen's Social Last Wednesday The Wingham Fire Brigade held the monthly social on Wednesday evening when five tables of euchre were in play. Three extra men played cribbage, Mrs, AlviA Sell was the high lady and Keith Johnston was high for men, Consolation prize winners w,-'re Mrs. Gordon Welwood and David 'Carr. Stewart Cowan, who has retired, had been invited as a guest and made the draw, which was won by Dave Crnthere, riREDIT UNION DAY :Plan to attend the Wingham ..'!Crommunity Credit Union Day cele- bration on Thursday, October 26, at 8.36 pen. In the Council Chambers df the Town Hall, Mr, Alfred Fish, er,will speak about "The Advan- tages of Belonging to a Credit Union" and an 'informative film will bb shewn. Bring your friend as eieene',gueet. -F25b • • VIIES,ENTATION AND DANCE In honour of Mr. and Mrs. Mac Ritchie, (Marilyn Mehl), in the Royal-T, Wingham, on Friday, Oc- tober 27th. Music by Tiffin's Or- chestea. Ladies please bring lunch. Everyone welcome. F25" OPEN HOUSE ' The W.A. of Foedwiell United M. Emma Collins Has 98th .Birthday FORDWICH Emma- Fordwich's oldest citizen, ce- lebrated her 98th birthday on Sun- day, October 22nd, To have a long life, Mrs. Collins says one must maintain a lively in- terest in what goes on in the world and keep working. She reads with- out glasses. Mrs. Collins lives with her son, Herb, Her many house 'plants indicate her hobby, but Mrs. Collins loves a car ride, which She finds a plea- sant contrast to her walks years ago over nearly non-existent roads from Shipley to Gowanstown, After the death of her first hus- band, John Fries, she was mar- ried to Hugh Collins, who died in 1928. Two sons -and a daughter have passed away. She has two cry, great-great-grandchildren. MANSE DEDICATED—The new Wingham United Church manse pictured above was dedicated and officially Opened during special ceremonies last Sunday The new building is valued at $25,000 and replaces an old home that occupied the same edication Service pens New Manse site on the corner of Minnie and John Streets, adjacent to the church, The ribbon was cut by Rev. Robert Hiltz, chairman of the Huron Pres- bytery.—.CKNX photo by Strong. THE OFFICIAL OPENING of the new Turnberry Central School was held on. Tuesday afternoon with H. E. Elborn, M.A., B.Paed,, Deputy Minister of Education, cutting the ribbon. The three- room school is situated just near the Junction, east of Wingham, on No 86 Highway. Chairman for the ceremony was J. H. Kin- kead, public school inspector. Other dignitaries on hand were Alvin D. Smith, reeve of Turnberry Township; D. T, Dunlop, the architect for the new building; Gordon Hauser, the contractor; as well as members of the school board and township council. Rev, T. E, Kennedy of Bluevale dedicated the building and. Dr. B. N. Corrin presented a Bible, The public inspected the building following the ceremony. —• spent on supplies and equipment ERIC WALDEN INJURE!) for the Wingham General Hospi- tal. One cannot estimate the value, Car Wrecked In i r Grader Collision i /.... * Mrs, George Michie, of H.R. 4, Brussels, escaped with only Mill- or cuts asd bruises when the light car she was driving was in col- lision with a Huron County road grader on County Road 16, a mile west of Brussels on Wednesday morning last, Mrs, Michie was travelling east: at the' time, and was going up hill with the sun in her face, and fail- ed to see the grader approaching until the last moment. She veered to the left, but the car sideswiped the front wheel of the road mach- ine, bounced off and ended up in the north ditch completely turn- ed around. The driver, who teach- es school in Grey Township, -and was on her way to 'classes at the time, Was thrown from the car, Fortunately she was not injured s. kotenlyeann45'6,11§u4...0 1, ,,va . considered a total '''W'recit. The grader was operated by Robert MacDonald of R.R. 2, Blue- vale, who was not injured. No da- mage was done to the grader. The accident was investigated by Constable Ronald Bell of the Wing- ham Provincial Police Detachment. THIS 1961 AUSTIN was wrecked when it side- swiped a road grader on County Road 16, a mile west of Brussels last week. The car was driven by Mrs, George Michie, a teacher, who was on .her way to school at the time, She was blinded The arena had been secured, the long racks for women's dresses and men's suits had been borrowed and set up, the large display -tables were in place, the shoes had been tied and marked, hundreds of parcels and boxes had been. unpacked and sorted, trucks had gathered in the furniture, salespeople were in their places and all was in readiness for the giant rummage sale sponsored by the Ladies' Auxiliary to Wing- ham General Hospital. The doors were opened, the crowd surged in and the fall rummage sale was in business.' This all happened in the Wingham arena on Saturday af ter- It has been found that there are good and 'poor rummage sale towns, Ours is a very good one. This has been provecl,by the Hospi- tal Auxiliary over the last 25 years, in which time $32,139.00 has been taken in at rummage sales and rena at Kunimage ale and usefulness of all this money when it is put to work for the hos- pital. At this sale the total proceeds were $1054.36, which was $100 more than the last one. All day Friday members of Auxiliary were busy with prepare- -Lions for the -sale and when the time came, everything was in or- der. More than 70 sales people took care of the large crowd of eager buyers and seldom had things cleared out so quickly.' A new fea- ture this year was the auctioning of furniture which created much enthusiasm and resulted In a limn- intmiesting- box; when opened, was found to con- tain four puppies, all of which found a home in the arms of four happy children. Any articles in any department which can be used at the hospital, such as pillows, gowns, baby cloth- es, etc., are valued and sent there, By four o'clock practically every. thing had gone, -and the group of by the rising sun and did not see the grader untill the last moment. Thrown from the car by the impact, she was fortunate in that she received only minor cuts and bruises,--AT photo weary but happy workers were al- ready making plans for the next sale which comes along in the spring, The proceeds by departments were: Adult clothing, $289.94; children's clothing, $66.52; mine', laneous articles, $138.12; hats, $52.55; shoes, $93.80; novelties, $115.47; groceries, $49.22; furniture, $122.95; donations, $69.29; vaine of goods sent to hospital, $56.50; total, $1,054.36. These rummage sates are help- ful in these ways: first, the people who donate the articles have fin, ally got their top shelves arid cloth- es cupboards cleaned out as well as the corners of the garage emp- tied; second, the buyers are happy with .all the bargains' they have, secured, -and thirdly, the money goes to a cause which ;benefit§ the whole community. So, everyone Is asked to start thiuking about the- next rummage mild- for this one, the auxiliary extends' thankg - to all who helped make it such a success. TROUSSEAU TEA A trousseau tea will be, held for Marilyn Walden at the home of her mother, Mrs. Wm. Walden, on Wed- nesday, November 1st, from 3-5 And 7.30-9. Everyone welcome. F2513 Oa 1 JOINT COMMITTEE VISITS DEPARIVIENT Chairman A. D. MacWilliam, along with R. S. Hetherington of the Wingham District High School Board, and Principal F. E. Madill, Were joined by the chairman, one MeMber and the principal of the Lueltnew District High School on Monday when they travelled to To- , rent° to interview Department of Education officials in regard to the possibilities of having an addition built to the Wingham school to pro- vide facilities for broadened vo- cational courses, The proposed 'addition would provide for students from both the Luoknow and Whighant high school district. The six Men discussed the problem with Mr. Davies, the assistant stiperintendent of techni- cal schools for the province, The committee will report back to their respective boards at an early date, and it is expected that et joint meeting Of the two boards Will be held in the near future to further discuss the plan, and to tleelde It it is feasible or not, 111 With which is amalgamated the' COre Vidette and WrB eter News WIN GUAM, ONTARIO, WEDNESIM OCIOSER 211, 1061 SINGLE COPIES — IQ 004