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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1961-12-20, Page 1ayor and Councillor Are Honored on Retirement PROCLAMATION At the request of a number of citizens, I hereby PROCLAIM Tuesday, ec. 26, 1961 ,BOX- NC DAY AS A PUBLIC CIVIC HOLIDAY FOR THE TOWN OF' WINGHAM and I hereby call upon all good Citizens to observe the same. R. E. 1VIc1<INNEY, Mayor. CHRISTMAS TO Nano With which is amalgaroated the Gorrie Vidette and Wroxeter News "i'vrNOBAIV, ONTA.RIO,. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1961, SINGLE COPIES — 10 Pont, OPEN FOR BUSINESS—The new Toronto-Dominion Bank build- ing opened its doors for public inspection last Saturday after- noon, and the staff moved in to take up their regular duties on Monday, after spending just".Over a year in temporary quarters in the Crompton building.--4-T photo. Toronto-Dorninion Bank Opens M dern Branch I After the meeting adjourned, ' board members Were entertained and lunch was served at the harno of the retiring chairman. The Wingham District High School Board held its last meet- ing of 1961 at the high school on Thursday evening of last week, Accounts and minutes were passed. The treasurer, Miss Y. McPher- son, said that it was expected that there would be a small balance ov- er budgeted figures for the year. Tenders for fuel oil for the. school were opened, and of the seven, the board aAepted that of Imperia. Oil at 13.3 cents per gallon. In his report, Principal F. E Madill stated that attendance dur- ing November had averaged 97.4 per cent of. the 698 students en- rolled. The board agreed to his request for two more cots for the sick room in the school. The principal also reported that the socond annual Honor Awards Assembly had been held the pre- vious week, and 119 pupils had been presented with these awards, for Which an average standing of 75 per cent or more had been required during the previous term. Mr. Ma- dill aiso said that 55 students would be taken by bus on Tuesday to the University of Waterloo 'for a day, known as "Prelude to University". The day is used to show students *hat university life is like, He said some :200 pupils from West- ern Ontario will be in attendance. The board agreed to sponsor a banquet for the school football team, marking their championship for the second year in the WOSSA group. The date will be set when a speaker is available. Board members Les Fortune, Gordon Moir, Andrew McTavish and Ross McRae reported that the respective councils which they re- 'present, were in favor of the com- pOsite School plan, which had been the subject of a meeting in Luck- now the previous Monday. .0n motion of Dr, W. A, McKib- ben, the board went on record in a vote of thanks to Chairman A, D. MaeWillifun for his many years of Service to the board as both mem- ber and, chairman. The meeting Was the last one for Mr. liam, who retires from the group at the end of the year. son Block was torn down. The new ing is all' of modern deeor, with structure is a big improvement- to the color scheme in several tones the main street anti already' pro-1 of grey with black trim. Modern vides an interesting centre of at, furniture and counters give the tendon. The groOnds around the place a very up-to-date appear- building have been sodded and ante. • several good sized trees were mov- I Staff at the bank, which norm. ed in, and small shrubs have been ally has a compliment of ten, in- planted. I eludes Manager J, B. Runstedtler, The interior of -the new build- ' Accountant John Isaacs and his as. NCynn Family Suffers eistaxit, Rbbert Ste. Marie. Another convenience to the cus- tomers is a night depository, in which wallets can be dropped for safe keeping at any time. The vault in the building must be very close to burglar-proof, being con- structed of a thick wall of rein- forced concrete, with an extremely heavy steel door. The vault mea- sures 'some 15 by 8 feet. The basement contains staff qtarrters, washrooms and a heat- ing plant that is rather unique. The heating plant itself is a hot water boiler that is used to heat air in a forced system, which is al- so connected to an air conditioning unit. The latter outfit is on the roof of the building. During construction the bank had temporary quarters in the old Crompton building, which had been of renovated for the purpose. An- other interesting highlight of the move. took place Friday evening, when cash and securities were tak- en train the temporary quarters to the new building. The transfer was made under guard of local and pro- vincial police, by a Toronto firm. Last Wednesday saw the local curling rink filled to capacity for a two-draw bonsplel with the Lee Trophy at stake. The handsome prize went to the fciursome skipped by Murray Rae of Wingham, when he took ton honors in the 9 o'clock draw. Others on the rink includ- ed Wilfred French, vice; Gordon Godkin, second and Frank MeCor- mick, lead. They had three wins and a plus of eight, winning the trophy on their aggregate of 23. Sixteen rinks were entered in the bonspiel, coming from London, Teeswater, BeigraVe, Hanover, Clinton, Kitchener, Walkerton and Behnore, as well as several loea' rinks. Second prize in the first draw went to James Coultes of Ilelgrave with two wins and a phis of 16. Jack Bowman of Wingham captur- ed third with two wins plus three. Bob Mann, of Hanover, won the eonsolation. In th,e 11 o'clock 'draw, Bill Doh- son's Walkerton rink won the top. spat and missed the trophy by a whisker when they OW off with three wins and a phis of eight, but 'their aggregdit,:was only 22, bar. OPEN AT NIWITS-r-- ' Christmas shoppers are reminded that the. Wingham stores are open in the evenings for the remainder Of the week. Business has been brisk hi the community since .the Christmas buying started and the rest of the week will be no excep. lion, U.0 -U ()Mil MAN MISSED— , When. the .names , of. the High School's championship football players were listed under their pic- tUre lest week, the name of Lynn. Finnigan Was missed: Although not present when the picture wal, taken, Lynn was certainly a =m- iler of the team, 0 - - 0 LATE NEXT WEEK — Your Advance-Times will reach you .considerably later than .usua next week. Monday and Tuesday both being holidays, th'e paper will not 'appear until Friday morning 0 - 0 - 0 IN HOSPITAL-- The many friends of Mrs. Nellie Angus will be sorry to learn that she has been a patient in. the Wing_ ham Hospital since last Thursday, Mrs. Angus is known affection- ately as "Granny" Angus. She has been on the kitchen. staff at the hospital for many years, a good number of which she did, most of the cooking herself with the help of a small staff, Morris Township Official Honored On Friday eveuing„frilloWing the council meeting 'Reeve Stewart Procter entertained the council, of- ficials and employees to a turkey, dinner.at his home. Following the dinner Councillor Walter Shortrecd on behalf of those present, present- ed Nelson Higgins, who has been troacsurer of the township for the past 30 years, With a pen and pencil Set and a pipe in honour of his faithful service. 'Mr, Higgins, who was completely taken by surprise, thanked them for the gifts, which 'he said he was quite sure he would find very use- ful, Tragedy struck the family of Mr. and Mrs. Gus McGlypn for the sec- ond time in the past few weeks when John D'Arcy McGlynn, 17, was fatally injured in a car acci- dent early Sunday morning. The accident Occurred on the New Hamburg by-pass of Highways 7 and 8, just east of New Hamburg. John was a passenger -in a car driven by Armoric] Rickert, . 18; which went out.of coatrol as it' was descending a ,slippery aP- Christmas Party At Legion Home Legion Auxiliary And Branch, members held the annual Christmas party for their children at the Legion Home on Sunday afternoon. There was a large attendance and Santa was greeted by many child- ren when he arrived after the pro- gram. Willis Hall was master of cere- monies and introduced Mrs. Gordon Davidson and St. Paul's Junior Choir. Mrs. Davidson is their choir leader. The choir sang several,, carols with the introduction to 'each, being given by Wendy Fuller. They concluded by singing "We Wish, You a. Merry Christmas," George Henderson welcoined those•present and later thanked the, speaker, Rev, C. F. Johnson, whol gave a Christmas message. Sandwiches, cookies and coffee; were served 'by Auxiliary members and each child went home with a' bag of candy, received from Santa himself. 4,Y.P.A. Meets at St. Paul's- Church Rev.' C, F, Johnson. supplied the piano accompaniment for the op- ening hymn when the A.Y,P.A. met in St Paul's parish room on Sunday even ing. David Wenger read the Christ. etas story froth St, Luke's Gospel. The date for the next meeting was set ft t- Jan, 6th and a tentative date of the Deanery of Huron A.Y.P.A. skating party was Jan, 20th or 25th, Rev, Johnsen gave a story relat- ing to the origin and Meaning of Christmas {cells; in which were ac. counts Of customs and beliefs of Many .countries., The benediction closed the lrieetihg". y in 17 Days proaching a, bridge. The vehicle struck the bridge and the youths were thrown from the car. John suffered from a number broken ribs and internal injuries. The accident happened about 12.30 a,m, and he died in Kitchener-Wa- terloo Hospital about an hour later. Armond Rickert is a patient in the K-W HOspital, suffering from head injuries and shock, John was born In Wingham, son of Gus McGlynn and the form. Cr Annie Frieburger. He attended Glenannan school and Wingham District High School and had been employed by Dominion Rubber Co, Ltd. (Merchants' Division) in Kit- chener, He resided with his bro- ther-in-law and sister, Mr, and Mrs. Lorne Curran, Kitchener. Surviving are his parents, four brothers, Patrick of Hamilton; Ro- bert of Kitchener; Tom, Bluevale and Jerry, RR, 2, Wingham; three sisters, Rose (Mrs. Orville Gate- cliff) of Hamilton; Eleanor (Mrs. Lorne Curran) of Kitchener and Judy, R.R. 2, Wingham, - Two sisters, Marie and Margaret, died in infancy and a brother, 'Den., nis, 25, died two weeks ago as the result of a fall down the cellar steps at the 'borne of Mr, and Mrs. -Curran, where. he, tee, resided. Prayers Were said on Monday and Tuesday evenings at the S. ,T. Walker funeral home and Rev. G. lereker was the eelebrent on Wed- nesday morning when mass was held at Sacred Heart Church. Bur- ial was hi the Roman (7471111)1k! cemetery. The entire coMmlinity .extends sympathy to the McGlynn family • at Ibis time of trouble and. sorrow, The final meeting of the 1961 Wingham council was held at the town hall. on Friday evening, at which the last accounts for the year were ordered paid. The clerk- treasurer reported that there would be .no surplus, stating that the $4,000 expenditure for a new roof on the arena, which -had not been in the, budget, balanced out the es- timated surplus, A letter from the Hon. William Nickel, relative to a suggestion that a 'dam on the river could cre- ate a lake on the prairie, suggest- ed that this matter could be handl- ed by the newly formed Maitland Valley Conservation Authority, fol- lowing its organization. Retiring Mayor R. E. McKinney turned over to the clerk a number of personal files relative to town affairs. • The council appointed Robert Wenger as the town's representa- tive to the Maitland River Valley conservation Authority, which will hold its first meeting early in the new year. The clerk reported:that when the assessment roll was turned over at the end of October the town's as- sessment 'figure stood at $2,516,975, but another $56,000 Will ,be added with the completion of new build- ings since that time. This will in- crease assessments by $86,520 over the 1961 assessment. With 16 new houses going up at present, it was estimated that the 1963 assessment will be increased by at least $70,800. REEVE OF KINLOSS DIES SUDDENLY Harold E. Percy, 51, reeve of Kinloss Township for the past sev- en years, died at Wingham General Hospital on Sunday. He was a member of the Kin- loss Township council for six years prior to his election as reeve. An outstanding 'municipal repro- ientative, Mr. Percy had indicated his intention of seeking the war- denship of-Bruce County in 1962. He was chairman of the Bruce County Herne committee during its building Program and this fall of- ficiated at the opening of the new building :in Walkerton. A lifelong resident of Kinloss, he was engaged in farming., Surviving are one daughter, Joan, at home; two sons, William and Brian. both at home; his mother. Mrs. William. Percy, Kinloss Town- ship; sisters, Mrs. John Barr and Miss Winnifred Percy, both of Kin- loss; Mrs. Jerry Hodgins, Culross; and a brother, Alex, of Kinloss, Service will be he held at the McKenzie funeral home, Lucknow, today (Wednesday) at 2 p.m.. Bur- ial will be in Greenhill cemetery. ley Crawford's rink placed second with two wins plus 11 and Omar Haseigrove, also of Wingham, skip- ped his rink to two wins and a plus of ten. Clark Renwick of Belmore and his rink took the consolation. Building permits issued during the year amounted to $261,000 not including the new Separate School, for which a permit ha,d been is- sued in the amount of $56,770, The mayor remarked that this was quite a nice program of pro- gress for the town, and a good indication of its future prosperity. Lights Approved Council discussed at considerable WINNAM NATIVE TO BRANTFORD CHUM The Rev. John A. Munro, rector of St. Matthew's Church, London. has been appointed incumbent of St. Mark's Church, Brantford, The appointment, effective February 1, 1962, was announced by the Right Reverend G. N. Luxton, Bishop of Huron, Mr. Munro has been rec- tor of St. Matthew's Church since September, 1958. Born in Wingham, Mr. Munro was in business in Toronto until he entered Trinity College University of Toronto. Graduating in 1951, •he was ordained in that year by the Right' Reverend W, E, Bagnall, Bishop of Niagara. He served for two years as assistant curate at St. Jude's Church, Oakville, before en- tering the Canadian Army as a chaplain, His army service was with the second Battalion of the Royal Canadian Regiment, in Can- ada and Germany. On his discharge from the Army in 1958, he assumed his post at St. Matthew's. Mr. Munro's military contacts have continued during his time in London. He is chaplain of the Lon- don Branch of the Old Contempt- ibles Association, and of the R.C.R. Old Comrades Association. He served as camp chaplain at Camp Ipperwash last summer. One year ago Mr. Munro was ap- pointed Rural Dean of East Middle_ sex, He is married to the former Doris Pearl Cheyne and they have two children. At St, Mark's, Brantford, Mr, Munro will succeed the Rev. E. N. Kemp, who has moved to the Unit. d St at length the problem of street lights on Summit Drive, where ratepay-, ers have suggested small lawn lights, to avoid the necessity of heavy hydro poles and wiring, The plan has been approved and cowl- cil decided that signed agreements would be necessary from the rate- payers involved, Councillor Buchanan reported that ratepayers in the. vicinity of the John and Shuter Street inter- section have become concerned by a rumor that the Bell Telephone will build in that area. Some, he said, have expressed the opinion that this is not an industrial area. The matter was dropped when it was pointed out that council had not received official notice of tile' building plan, and there has been no request for a building permit. Reeve J. Roy Adair said that the west side of the arena should have eavestroughing. Council concurred, Presentations To mark Mayor McKinney's re- tirement from the council, the reeve, J, Roy Adair, presented Mr. McKinney with an engraved sil- ver tray. In making the presenta- tion on behalf of the council, Reeve Adair said that the council appre- ciated the work that the mayor had done over the past years for tile municipality. He had presided over many long council meetings and had done an exceptional job of looking after the community's (if- ) fairs. Mayor McKinney replied by thanking the council and said he will miss the 'work tremendously, but all good things must come to an end. He said that if the in- coming mayor can be as well taken care of as he had been, he would not have too much 'trouble. "The satisfactions of this work have compensated me completely," said the mayor, "and it has been an education to find out how a small community operates." He went on to say that there have never been any major squabbles in the council and each man has tried to meet his obligation to the people. He concluded by saying that he would always be willing to assist in town affairs in any way possible, and he appreciated the thoughtful- ness of the gift. Councillor Warren Callan then presented Councillor William Burg- man with a set of cuff links, mark- ing the latter's retirement from the board. He remarked that each councillor has appreciated the work Mr, Burgman has done over the years, and that it has been a plea- sure to work with him. In thanking the council for the gift, Councillor Burgman said it had been a pleasure for him to work with council, He remarked that he had attended all but two of the 120 regular council meetings during his 10 years on the board. He wished the new council the best of luck and good fortune in the years ahead. Before adjourning the council went on record as supporting the proposed plan for a vocational school addition to the present high ALONG THE MAIN DRAG Hy The, Pedestrian WOW On Saturday afternoon over r.00 people visited the new Toronto- Dominion Bank building during its official open house. Manager .1. B Rainsteritler and his staff welcomed the public and coffee and lunch were served, L. C. Ea Lawrence, assistant general manager, Ontario Division, and his wife, along with Ai% and Mrs. A. E. Woods, superin- ..endeeta Ontario Division, from the' ninit's head office, were also' on eand„ The new building is 62 by 30 feet • and is constructed mainly of glass and steel with a brick front. Construction work got under way over a year ago, when the old Ma- IS. BOARD HOLDS FINAL MEETING FIRST HOME GAME SLATED FOR FRIDAY The Wingham Crawford Dod- gers, local entry in WOAA Inter- mediate competition, will play the first home game of the season in the Wingham arena on Friday eve- ning of this week. Paisley will pro- vide the competition. So far the local boys have one win and one loss to their credit. On Dec, 8th they defeated the Kin- cardine squad 4-2 in that town, but at Walkerton on Dec. 12th they dropped a 9-6 decisidn. MURRAY RAE RINK DRUG STORE HOURS Beaause of the extra long holiday Vance's Drug Store will be open Monday, DeCember 25th, from 1-4 p.m., and McKibbons Drug Store will be open Tuesday,• December 26th, 1-4 pan. F20b MILK DELIV- ERY There will be no milk delivery on Christmas Day or Neer Year's Day. Foxton Dairy, F20b GARBAGE C- OLLECTION December 25th and January 1st be collected December 26th e' and January 2nd. F20b - — CHRISTMAS CONCERT U.S.S. No. 12, Culross, in Behnore Community Centre on Friday, Dec. 22 /11, at 8 p,m, Draw en a turkey. F20h AT HOME ,TO FRIENDS - -- - Mr. and Mrs. W, A, Heughan will be at home to their Mends and neighbours On ' Wednesday, DeceMber 27th, from 2.30 to 5 in 'the afternoon and 7.30 to 10 In the evening on the oecasion of their, 50th wedding anniversary, No gifts please. F20b EUCHRE AND DANCE In Foresters Hall, ]3elgrave, on Wednedday, December 27th, spon- 1 sored by the Arena Hall Board.1 Music by Don Itobertmon and the Ranch Boys.- F20b CHRISTMAS CONCERT The pupils of C.O.S. 7, E. and W. Wawanosh will present their Christmas entertainment Thursday evening, December 21st, at 8.15. Acirn. 35C, children 'free. F20b LIBRARY HOURS During the holiday se'aseil the 'Wingham Library will be closed on Chtlatmas Day, &Ming Day, And NeW Year's rata It will be open Wednesday Afternoon, Dec, 27 only, es' Well as Thursday, Friday and Saturday afteriloati and evenings. Beginning Saturday, Jan. 6, the Library will be closed Saturday evenings, when the bitsineas places are not open, during the winter months. V13:201) Second Traged a es. school.