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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1962-02-21, Page 10 W ALONG THE MAIN DRAG Jiy 'the Pedestrian GIVE VE Til .l A Several of the local hoc key teem have entered or are about to en ter play-off schedules as the regu- lar loops are completed, Not one of the teams has had a corporal's Gnr. 11 Soidie ^� guard as far as attendance is eon- Mrs, .C1 urnphreiy cernccl, in game's played at home this season, Now that they are approaching the finals, why not get out and boost them on a bit, No hockey player can give his best in an empty arena. 0 - (1 - (1 MIL CM' piAI'.F. EJl'— Most travelled matt of the week is unquestionably Astronaut John Glenn, who was blasted off from the U.S. base in Florida to trove. around the world in orbit • three tinges in four and a half hours. It certainly takes a man with a good deal of personal courage to under - tatty such 'a flight, 0_0-0 ROUSE SOLI) TO BELL -- The residence of Altura Adams on the corner of John and Shute). Streets, has been purchased by TJu 13e11 Telephone Company. The house will be removed and the fol used as a site for the Bell's new w building to house switching equip. Inen't for the dial system. It is understood that a start may be made next month. ENTERTAIN HUSBANDS 4' VALENTINE PARTY AT LEGION HOME There was an excellent turnout e1' at.t the Legion Home last Wedges. day'tv'hen the Ladles' Auxiliary en., tertained their husbands at the an- nual Valentine party and pot luck supper. 'Euchre was played. Mrs, Stew art. Forsyth won the high. prize fol ° ladies and Bob Hickey for the men Dancing was also enjoyed. Highlight of the evening was the variety show. Mrs. R. Casemore, iary members who attended a Wal- kerton function last year won first • prize for their entertainment there and have a couple of invitations lc perform for the Auxiliaries in the zone. Mrs. IV. Hogg was f:hc pianist and Mrs. V. Duclarme, mistress of ceremonies for Wednesday night's s variety show Mrs. R, Casemore, Mrs, Harold Ross and Mrs. Tony Sell did a South Sea Island dance. Mrs, Mac Peachy, Mrs, Don Ad- ams, Mrs, Cy Robinson, Mrs. Bob Hickey and Mrs. Jack Orvis per- formed an Indian dance and Mrs. Bob Irvine, Mrs, Dtrcharme and Mrs. John Strong did the Charles. tan, Alt the dancers were in costume Which they had made for the oc- cauion and colored spot lights add ed to the settings, A "twist 80551011" followed when the president of the branch, Cy Robinson, was invited to join the, dancers. He earned the title ,of "Twist Master" for his skill, VARIETY CONCERT %VJM-JS Don't forget the variety concert in the school a.udiLori um. on Thurs- day and .Friday evenings, Feb. 22 and 23, at 8,15, F21b •i COME In In Ocid.roitows Hall 00 Wednes- thiy, February 28th, at 8.30 under the iooi , Admission 50e. Lunch. F21 -28b Wingltahn T,CJI. 794 unit hold a Euchre In the Couttell Cltanbei's on 1e'r]day, Febrti uy 23rd, at 8.30 sharp. lavcryoiic Welcome. F21b FILM COUNC'I. The 'Wingham ,and District Film Council presents at second evening' Pof two film, to be shown in the Council Chambers, on Tuesday, February 27th, at 8.15 p,m, They aro entitled "A Fable for Friendship," as Czech fila dealing with the alms titid ideais of UNESCO, nr,:t "Neigh - hours" .a short ec subj g winnin an t Acadenny Award, Everybody wel- come. Silver collentioai. 1'2th' 94 on. Friday ST. HELENS Mrs. Wm. ,1, :[Tuan- { phrey will celebrate her 94th birth - With which avaalguniatal the: Currie Vidette and Wroxeter iNew SSS 1l'1Nf111A111, ()NXAftfC), 4VEPNESDAY, F7111'rli,[JA1tY Ll, 100; NOTICES OF CO RT ACTION RECEIVED \V1'1ts giving notice of an nc:tioa on behalf of three nurses dist:har;k, c.1 from the Wingham General hfos- p1to1 lass. November were filed at the Huron County court house last week by their solicitors, Donnelly, Donnelly and Murphy. Copies of the writ were delivered to the sec- retary of the hospital board, John Strong, and to the hospital adnmin- istratrix, Mrs, I. 10. Morrey, The nurses, Mrs, Agnes E. Lane, Mrs, Lillian Gallaher and Mrs. Mari, ne Thornton, claim damages for wrongful dismissal from the hospital staff. Named as dofen_ clanls in the action are the board of the hospital and Mrs, Morrey, ad- minlstratrix ,:lay on Friday, Fob. 23rd. Mrs. Humphrey Is in comparatively good health anti table to he around her i �w home each day. Bost wishes to this grand old laxly. Outdoor Film 'V,JJ i y aid 'Best rvival Course Youths Send News • From London, Eng. A letter was received from 1311l Bryson and Paul Bennett last week, who are at present in Ing. laud, The boys loft Wingham some months ago and their address Is 139 Tutu Hill, London, S.W. R. England Paul and Bin are now employed. although they did not disclose what positions they hold, and claim they aro getting alone quite well in their one room flat, complete with electric heating and borrow: ed ra,`lia, They hone to see a great deal of England and the Continent, if not the whole world, before re- turning to Wingham, Paul has located an old friend. Urian Rider, .who was 0 close com- panion when the Rider and Ben- nett families were residents of town, As a matter of fact, Paul and Bill will be guests next month at Brian's wedding. initham Guide Earns Be Shown at School Al Deming, director and founder of the Alberta Game farm, is in in Ontario now, in the course of ry t 1'm the province with his fa, touring ( 1 nous tame cheetah, "'inwana", and his film, "In the Land of the Black Bear". This is u two-hour film in full color, complete '.villi sound, It depicts the rugged scenery and fascinating :animal life as seen and filmed on a GG -horse pack trip from Dawson Creek, B.C., finishing south of Banff,. Al- berta. Such absolutely unique scenes are shown as a hug' hlau:Jc 1111:1' killing an elk; world recon] hill] moose with 72 -inch antler spread: mountain sheep, goats, caribou, and a colorful array of all truly fascin. ating wild life species. An origin- al musical score composed for the picture, and all the voices of the wild animals have been specially recorded for a truly thrilling eve- ning of high class educational en- tertainment. Thc presentation will bo in the Wingham District. High School auditorium at 8,30 p.m„ Thursday, March lst. The tame cheetah will be on stage, so bring your cam- era. ANNUAL Miele 1`CN(; Of the Howick Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance, Co. will be I e;rl in the Township Hall, Corrie, Wednes- day, February 28, 1962, at 1.30 p.m. F21 -28b Gdd Card Here The regular meeting of the First Wingham (;1rI Guide Company was held 00 Monday of this week with Mr:' Johns i a,tc, captain, and Mips ?V1;vzna Robinson, lieutenant, The 11(2110ls were organized as usual Oddfellows .-'fold Social Evening Oddfellows of Manion.l IM'lg ( 110, I.0.0.F., held a social evening on Wednesday for Oddfellows and their wives and members of Ma. jostle Rebekah Lodge and their husbands, The evening Was arranged by the entertainment committer of Mait- land Lodge, Progressive euchre was enjoyed with added entertain- ment being provided by Robert Mc- Intyre, who performed feats of magic and sleight of hand tricks. Winners of prizes for euchre were Mrs, Robert Hall, who play- ed as a man and won the men's prize, Mrs. Joseph Schneider, lad- ies' high and consolation prizes went to Mrs, Thelma McIntyre and 1' phriitm Parish, The evening was conciuded with lunch, Dn Thursday evening the first; degree was conferred on a candi- date at the regular meeting. • all Mr's, Wino/soh P,lliatt, distriet. commissioner, inspected the four patrols. The patrols >lx wcic led into horse- shoe rsc-shoe formation by Brenda Con- ron, The color party, consisting of Ann Nlci(ibbon, Sally Galbraith and Brenda Conron carried the Union Jack to its stand. Mrs. Elliott exteneted congralu- 11(110ns to Jean ,Tongs on earning her Gold Cord a 11(.1 presented the (:lord to hei'. This 'is tin, must treasured award in Guides and Jean Inas been working for it dur- ing the past years. She is the first girl in Wingham to receive this honor. The girls teen sat around the campfire while a special Thinking Day Service was conducted in hon- or of the joint birthdays of Lord and Lady Baden-Powell, the foun- ders. Each girl lit a candle around the birthday cake, which symbol- ized the World Flag, The evening's fees were dedicated to the World Friendship •Fund, Wendy Rey- nolds dosed the program in pray- er. A sing -song was enjoyed by all and was concluded with Taps. A light lunch with birthday cake was enjoyed. Due to poor weather the division commissioner, Mrs. John Erdman of Walkerton was not able to be present at this spec- ial meeting. Thirty-five num who halve been taking the special militia (course at the armouries )sere for the past six 1 weeks graduated on Thursday and all received their diplomas for the survival training. The course was operated in co,operat1on with the local battery of the 21st Field Regiment R.C.A. (MI, The men paraded 'before an in- speetion paz•ty that included the t regimental commanading officer, Lt. -Cot. L, G. Vickars; Major J Milani, staff officer of the 113th Militia, Group headquarters, Lon- a don, who represented the area corn- ( mander and Lt, A, S. Henry of the Western Ontario instruction staff, 1 London, and Councillor Warren Callan of Wingham, I The 35 men demonstrated their skills for the inspection party, and marched past the saluting base. The men were then drawn up in the armouries where they received their diplomas. Ont.. Harold Ross of Wingham received a, special shield as an award for "best sol_ Hier" in the group. The men are from Walkerton and Wingham •areas. A. similar course was oper- ated at the Listowel armouries dur- ing the same period, The Listowel group graduated on Thursday mor- ning. Col. Vickars started that the i course was one of the hest in the arca and only one of the original 36 dropped out. Eight men from th Wingham m and Listowel courses have since joined the regular army and 29 or 30 more have signified that they will stay on for regular militia training. A, hew course Will start shortly, and already about 25 men have signed up for the instruction. Mrs. .1. Ostrom Choir President St, Andrew's Presbyterian. choir heid its annual meeting last Thurs- day night in the foram of a supper, In the church basement. A short meeting was held before choir practice, The 1962 executive is as follows: Past president, Betty Faegan; president, Mrs. J. Ostrom; vice-president, Carl Lott; secretary - treasurer, Mary Lou Jamieson; press reporter, Mary Phillips; pur- chasing committee, John MnBabbon, Mrs, Ostrom, Betty Ann Lapp; music committee, Mrs. T. A. Currie, Mrs. Hastings, Dick Scott, Gaul Henderson; social committee, Betty Faegan, Mrs. H. L. Sherbondy, Janis Henderson, Nancy Donaldson; nom_ I hating committee, John Donald- son, Nelson Pickett. LOCAL RINK INS-rnne1's of tie Hiram Walker Trophy bon - spiel are seen as they accepted the trophy from Tom Currie, sec- ond left. Members of the rink include Carson Snowdon, sec- ond; Richard Wehmeyer, lead; Omar Haselgrovef vice and Tiffin, skip..----Advance-Times photo. SINGLE 001)14S - 10-aenits A GOLD CORD, top achievement award in the Girl Guide movement was presented to Miss Jean Jones at a special ceremony on Monday evening. She is pictured at the right, receiving the cord from Mrs, N. Elliott, district commis- sioner. The presentation was made in front of a cake decorated with candles marking the birthdays of Lord and Lady Baden-Powell, who were both born on February 22nd. The cake is in the shape of the World Guide Flag. Miss Jones has some 20 achievement badges for nu- merous homemaking and outdoor activities. Former Staff Accepted for Mrs. Jas. ST. ANDREW'S PLANS/Has 98m , 100th CELEBRATION On Wednesday evening the an- nual meeting of St. Andrew's con- gregation was preceded by a din- ned commenced at 6 p.m, in the form of a pot luck supper. It was served cafeteria style, A good num- ber of the congregation partici- pated. The meeting Was called to order at 8.10 by Rev, Gordon L Fish with a reading from the Scripture, fol- lowed by prayer. Scott Reid was appointed as chairman, Murray Rae secretary and Gordon Leggatt press reporter. The minutes of the annual meet- ing of 1960 were read and declared adopted, 'rh, reports of the var- ious organizations within t h c church were approved as printed in the annual report for 1961. The trustees and auditors were returned to office for the year 1962. Gordon Godltin was appoint- er] a member of the Board of Man- agers to fill to vacancy. This ap- pointment is for a three-year term. An interesting discussion follow- ed the business portion of the meet- ing. This congregation will cele- brate a centenary this year. Thr congrogatinn was organized. in June, 1862 by a Rev, Young 110d01 the permission o.f the Presbyter.i of 'Huron, A building was erected in 1866 for the purpose of holding worship. The Se,;sion of St. And. (CW'$ was given power to act 111 the forming of committees to pro coed with pians for the celebration The meeting closed with remarks of appree:tation and instruction by the minister, Rev, (;, L. Fish. Fire Brigade C fled Out Twice The lV'ingham fire hirigsrrlo 011,i werre1 two fire calls in ars many days but Port 21nately in holly causer( there were chimney tires which did not result 111 any drastic. dam. ago, The first call was on Sunday ft ftcvnnnn to ib) Farm nr Robert! Vnrstpeg, 00 Concession 3, turn miles smith of Fnrdwit'h. 'Tuesday morning the 'brigade took'off again Bill for a1 (piiclt run to the farm home of .Charles Cook,t ( on the northern 1'n outskirts nf 1311} (ave, ,4 lay rs Ar. x x it!t osr1 Jobs Armstrong Birthday (.0HPII'.' :qrs. Elizabeth Ann - Armstrong, who was born on Valentine's Day, 1804, celebrated her 98th birthday on Wednesday. She was raised. near Cranbrook, whore her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. John Vincent, fanned, Shp re- calls that Cranhrook was surveyed then for a city, Following her marriage to Robert Wilson, they lived at Brussels and Wingham before homesteading at Rossond:lle, Man., in 1580. Her hos band and rant son •iieri and she rt - turner3 later ba Ontario, where .he toot and married Dr. ,lames Arrct- , stroll;;. They lived alt Gerrit for I many veat:s. I.>1•. Aron trop;: .0s•r 1 lived post. his 96th hirtlxley. Mrs. Armstrong has been at. tau \1'inghanr c.( neral I-to:mit rt the :1'+s few years. Gerrie frieluls vis:ti./11. her nn 'I'ues(laly for n birlhrhi,v party. Shp was able to enjoy her birthday algae In the dining' roam at the hospital. She received many canis nn'I gifts. (• ucsIs //end Sl(tr Al ecI if f/ ,1s':nei.ile Grand Ntacren ,11x:,, 1t S. Wolper, nf l t'inrlsnr, Nuel Mu.. Lxnriar' 'VO110i,, '1 1]n'lir'•y, of the (leant! Chapter Seto 104•i1ov rem nnittee of 1•e' ;41118(8 ,il ltirron 'tt'r No. nli 1)(.15 last 'i'uesday ereae ing. Hary„aarit a;envir, i`•Iun l fat I)is 010' No. (, waw 11181) present nit,l all darter addressed the nieet.ing. R. B. Cousins, chairman, presid» ed over a special meeting of the board of directors of the Wingham General Hospital last Wednesday evening. The meeting heard . two I deputations of staff members, and concluded its deliberations with the approval of applications for po- sitions of director and assistant director of nursing, 'Miss Ivy Newell of Mitchell, will assume the post of nursing director at the first of April, when the re.. signation of the present director, Iters. Morrison, takes effect. The second application approved was that of Miss Edna Carr, who is at present employed in the St. Thom- as Hospital. Miss Newell was director of nrirs- ing at the local hospital about two years ago. .Miss Carr was aa. mem- ber of the nursing staff here, leav- ing about four years ago to c:onl- plete her registered nurse's train- ing. Delegations 'Heard Peter Narnrarrl, hemi of the main- tenance department, w•as spokes- man for the first delegation to ap. pear before the board, Other (nem - hers were Mrs, Florence Mekonzie and Mrs. Janet Ia'ielding, Fteg, Cd„ as well 2114 Willie VanderwnudP, laboratory technician. This delegation affirmed its sup- port of the present administration of the hospital an11 the belief that any staff problems which exist at the present time can he solved with patierice 011.1 en.operatloIA, The ep'kosinnn cited instances in which, the efficient operation of the hos pita' }noel been disrupters. The ser'ond rielegat.inn ennsiolo'l nl' Mrs. Clayton Shaoldelon, Mrs, Vivian Thompson and ;Mrs. Wm. 1'iiirie•I1, 1(11 registered nurses. Mrs, Connell, 111 rel)ly 10 a1 question from the chairman about. the chief (reuses of di88111ia,faction, mild that among the nurses she had con.. tatted. the most frequent Don. plaint was that wages appeared to he inenls:+istortt and theme wfl.al al regiii•sf for four weeks paid bolt - 1:1y time. Shp suggested 'that a printed !.:che'htle of wages and 1ta. e'rcnu'uts wiintd help toward a. hot.. ter understanding of the salary (1t•veltare, The chairman a'xlilaineri that sal- 1)rie:, aro s21l,1ort. 10 the approval of the 'tlnlririo llnstittal SPrViee$'f7om- mission 12Ili1 that t'atr10118 farterq, such l 1 as Y 8 length r f 8rt'viec, spec. ;1'l (h11ires, edi,, 1111 had totaken into von/Mier:Olen when salaries are set