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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1962-08-29, Page 1i i Abbanrie.10:1 With which is amalgamated the Gerrie Vidette and. Wroxeter News WIINGHAM, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1962 SINGLE COPIES — 10 ceutta Frontier Days Will Feature TV Stars ACTIVITIES OPEN ON THURSDAY NIGHT ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By The Pedestrian NEW DOCK AT POOL -- Last week the lifeguards built a short dock dividing the deep and shallow ends of the pool, to be used for instruction by competitive teams and other classes. The dock is now completed and has a nice red and white candy stripe paint job, which enhances the pool area considerable. The. Riverside Park Commission provided the lumber and the steel was donated by Percy Clark, 0-0.0 MAY BE A HOT ONE— If the attendance at the Liberal and PC nomination meetings means anything, we can look forward to a good deal of keen interest in tht 1 forthcoming by-election. The tows hall was crowded for both meet ings, a sight only the old-timers cat, • remember as far as nominations are concerned. 0-0-0 FESTIVE AIR — The main drag looks pretty sharp after the job done by the •de- corating committee for Frontier Days. Pennants overhead and ever- greens on every lamp post have certainly brightened up the town for the big annual event, THREE ENTRANTS BRIAN FORSYTH SWIMS ALMOST TEN MILES On Saturday Bill •Conron, hon- orary president for the Maitland Mile Club of Wingham, started three young ambitious swimmers for the15-mile, swim.: -held= between' Howson's dam and MacKenzie bridge. Although none of these ac- tually swam the complete distance they all deserve ,a great deal of credit for the distances they did go. Brian Forsyth, 12 -year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Forsyth, of Wing - ham, came out victorious and set- ting a new record for long distance swimming in Wl•igham with a total of nine and three-quarter miles in a bine of six hours and 41 minutes. Following up with a good eight miles in six hours 15 minutes was 14 -year-old Marilyn Riley. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ferg, Riley, of Wingham. Marilyn, who set out to reach her goal of 10 miles or more was forced to leave the water be- cause of a bad stomach cramp. The third and final swimmer, 14 - year -old Pat Hotchkiss, daughter of Mrs. George Hotchkiss, came through with a total of five miles in a time of four hours 17 minutes. The winner will receive the Alan Hafermehl trophy this Wednesday night at the Riverside Park Pool on Aquarama night, Other features that night include presentation of the Red Cross swimming awards and demonstra- tions of water safety, synchronized swimming, diving, competitive and some good comedy .acts by local clowns, Refreshments wll he served on the grounds and the show starts at 7.30 sharp. NOTICE Wingham Public Library will re- main open on Saturday nights until Christmas,F29b - BELMORE ANNIVERSARY Rev. J. D. Wilkie, Harriston, a former minister, will conduct anni- versary services in Knox Presby- terian Church, Belrnore, on Sunday, September 9th. Services are at 11 Ja.m. and 7.30 p.m, Special music by the choir. • Everybody welcome. F29 -5b NOTICE There will be no milk delivery this coining Monday, September 3. Once again we thank you for your kind co-operation. Bateson's Model �bairy card Foxton's Dairy. 29b GARDEN PARTY - An old-fashioned Garden Panty at Sacred heart Church, Saturday, September 10. at 5 p.m. Ham acid turkey supper, games of chance, bingo and fish ponce, Adults $1,25, ihildren 50c. Everyone welcome, P29b TEESWATER BINGO FRIDAY, AUGUST 31st Don't forget the big Lions 'Club Bingo at Teeswttter this Friday night, August 31st, eommencing at 9 p.m, 12 games for $50 each, three $1.00 specials, and a super special for $500. F29b CAMP MEETING Tent Cathedral on Highway 2 at Kyle Road, across from. Interna- tional Harvester Stores, Chatham, now until Sept. 9. Bring dumb, tieaf, blind and the hopelessly sick, innsane. Everybody welcome, F29.54' ACCIDENT VICTIM DIES—Reginald Collar, seen at left in this family photo taken a few years ago, died in Victoria -Hospital; London, on Mon- day of last week as the result of injuries suf- fered in a sawdust explosion at the C. Lloyd & Son door plant in Wingham ten days previously. REGINALD T. COLLAR ACCIDENT VICTIM NIIES IN LONDON Reginald Thomas Collar died in Victoria Hospital, London, on Mon- day, August 20, from severe burns received ten days earlier when sawdust exploded in the boiler room of the C, Lloyd Son door factory in Wingham, where he was a third class stationery engineer. Mr. Collar was firing the boiler at the time of the explosion. He was tak- en to Wingham Hospital and later in the day 'was transferred to the London hospital. ,;.a.14r., Collar..was in his--.4-let yeaxt;. He was born here, and was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Collar. His mother, who predeceased him, was the former Helena Horne. On October 5, 1946, he married Elinor Sundercock of Blyth. He was a member of the Wingham Baptist Church and took an active part in church work, Mr. Collar was a Sunday School teacher, a member pf the choir and a deacon of the church. He was also a vet- eran of World War II. Surviving are his wife, a son, Donald Charles, 11, and. a daugh- ter, Audrey Ann, 14; his father, Herbert Collar, now of Tweedsmuir Hall, London; a brother, Frank, of Wingham and two; sisters, Mrs. Elmore Young (Betty) of Water- loo and Miss Laura Collar, a mis- sionary in Nigeria, West Africa, who is home on furlough. The funeral was on Thursday of last week with service in the Wing - ham Baptist Church. Rev, Donald Sinclair and Rev. John Coyle of Orangeville and a former pastor here, conducted the services at the church and graveside, in Wingham Cemetery, Pallbearers were Glenn Schiefele, Wilmer Harcourt, Merrill Cantelon, Richard Kilpatrick, Bruce Mac- Lean and Orville Welsh. The flower hearers were Bill Clark, Roy Burchill, Jack Currie and Bill Stapleton, Mary Hamilton Wins Scholarship BLUEVALE— Mary Hamilton, daughter of Mr, and Mrs, John Hamilton, has been declared the winner of a scholarship valued at $3,000 from Assumption College, Ft Windsor. She received first class honors in nine ottt of mine upper school subjects taken at Wingham Distriet High School. She will at- tend Assumption College this fall, WARNING TO PARENTS— Tuesday's London Free Press reports that NMI two occasions within a month four-year-old girls in Milverton have been , approached and asked to go for a ride by unidentified. men. In the first, instance a 10 - year -old brother who was close by told the men his sister did not want a ear ride. The see - occurrence was when another four-year-old and her ten -year- old sister were returning from swinuning. They were asked by two men to go for a ride but refused and ran home. Perhaps it would be wise to l,Il lett,..Y•411irasti lla?rgt ,..aa ,3Ler to accept rides from strangers, We are inclined to forget suck clangers in small towns, but tragedy could occur here as easily as in any other commun. ity. YOUNG FARMER 13 LIBERAL NOMINEE Murray Gaunt, 27 -year-old farm- er from West Wawanosh and as- sistant farm editor at CKNX head- ed a list of five nominees at the Huron -Bruce Liberal convention here on Monday night. He was chosen on the second ballot by a clear majority after Clifford Dun- bar of Ethel had been dropped from the list of contenders on the first round. Also opposing the young man were George Inglis of Bel - more, Calvin Krauter of Brussels and William Elston of Morris Township. Bruce Powe, provincial organizer for the Liberal party acted as chairman of the meeting and read the rules of procedure which were approved by the 310 delegates at- tending the convention. A crowd estimated at nearly 600 packed the Wingham town hall for the event, and overflowed to the council chambers on the lower floor, where loud speakers were set up. T former contender for the Two s provincial seat, Hugh Hill and Ray Watson were on the platform, as well as Mrs. Jean Newman who contested the Toronto -Eglinton rid- ing in June, and whose grandpar- ents originated in Wingham; John ,pence, M.L.A. for Kent East; Gordon Innes, M.L,A„ Oxford; Ross Whicher, M.L,A„ Bruce; Far- s -pilule Oliver of Grey South and 1-Cugh Hawkins, president of the regional association. Robert Ray of Lucknow nomin- ated Murray Gaunt and paid trib- ute to John Hanna, Alex Corrigan of Turnberry nominated George Inglis; Bill King Jr. Sponsored Cal- vin Ktauter with Janies Thayland nominating William Elston and Carl McDonald backing Clifford Duniba.r. All movers spoke en be- half of the nominees. The five omen nominated address - r) the atullence, and were given rive minutes for this purpose, Mt'. Gamut drew a good hand when lie. flayed the marketing policies of the Conservative government. He ,paid vertical integration by proces- sors is basically contrary to the anti -combine laws and this should not be permitted, Other Speakers Mrs. Jean Newman, who contest- ed the Toronto -Eglinton riding for the Liberals and lost by 35 votes, (Please turn to Page Eight) HOLD AQUARAMA ON WEDNESDAY Bill Conron, honorary president of the Maitland Mile Club, will 'be the emcee on Wednesday evening when local swimmers will put on the second Aquarama at Riverside Park Pool. The show starts at 7.30. Besides the many demonstrations and the synchronized swimming the local clowns will do their bit. The Alan Hafermehl trophy will be presented to Brian Forsyth as winner of the long distance swim and the Red Cross awards will be given to those who passed .the. tests. COUNTY WARDEN 13 ;NAMED PC CANDIDATE The nominating convention of the Huron -Bruce Progressive Con- servative Association was held last Friday evening in the Wingham town hall. The convention saw three men nominated bat only two stood for election. In the balloting George Mc- Cutcheon, 39 -year-old Brussels gar_ age operator, warden of Huron County and reeve of his home vil- lage, defeated George Joynt, reeve of Lucknow and a former warden of Bruce County. Ex -mayor R. E. McKinney of Wingham was also nominated, but withdrew from the contest, stting his doctor had ad- vised against entry Into the poli- tical field. The meeting was under the chairmanship of Lloyd Jasper of Mildmay, president of the PC as- sociation for the riding. Also on the platform were Harley Craw- ford, secretary, of Wingham; Al. lister Hughes, Lucknow, first vice- president; Roy Cousins, Brussels, second vice-president; W. Marvin Howe, M,P. for Wellington -Huron; Elston Cardiff, M.P. for Huron; and the guest speaker, Hon. Wil- liam Stowart,provincialminister of agriculture. Foeir delegates from each of the 90 polls in the riding, as well as municipal chairmen formed the official voting group. However, a large number of other party sup- porters were on hand to make up an audience estimated at over 500, Nominations Mr. McCutcheon was nominated by Dong' .'Nilson of Huron Town -1 Mr. Joynt by Steve Struthers if Lucknow and R. E. McKinney by John Brent of Wingham. The three nominees all referred with respect to the late John Han- na, and the work which he had done in the riding and to the mar- vellous support provided by Mrs. Hanna over the years. All pointed to the need for the return of a Progressive Conservative member and the excellent program of the provincial gow^'rintnent, Marvin Howe spoke briefly and stated that by-elections are differ- ent from general elections In that the pressure would be great. He pointed to the fruits of the PC ad- ministration in Ontario, stating that the province had enjoyed great prosperity in this time. Minister Speaks The minister of agriculture Inc the province, Hon. William Stewart, addressed the audience while the balots were being counted, He was Packed Houses for Both PC, Liberal Nomination Two young men will contest the seat left vacant in the Ontario Leg- islature by the death of John Han- na last spring, in a by-election which has been called for October lth. The late Mr. Hanna repre- , sented the riding of Huron -Bruce at Queen's Park for 19 years. Friday evening the Progressive kConservative Assoeation for the grading elected a Brussels car dealer, George McCutcheon, as thelir stan- dard bearer, His only opponent for the candidacy was George Joynt of Lucknow. R. E. McKin- ,ney of Wingham was nominated but withdrew. ' Mr. McCutcheon, 39, is the reeve of the Village of Brussels and the present warden of •Huron County. Mr. Joynt is reeve of Lucknow and Is a past warden of Bruce County. On Monday eveninng the Huron- Brttce Liberals named Murray Gaunt, 27, assistant farm editor at CKNX as their candidate, over four other hopefuls. Mr, Gaunt was elected on the second ballot over George Inglis of Belmore, Calvin Krauter of Brussels, William Elston of Morris and Clifford Dunbar of Ethel. Both nights the Wingham town hall was packed to hear capacity with party supporters who turned out in large numbers despite the heat, which was particularly sev- ere on Friday evening. From all indications at the two meetings the two parties will be throwing everything they have in- to the campaign, which will be an indication of political trends in the ,province. The date of the by-election was officially announced only the day before the PC convention, which means the polls will be open in six weeks, about a minimum amount of time for an election campaign. The election will undoubtedly be hotly contested and both parties have promised top-level support to their candidates. So far there is no indication that the New Democratic Party or So- cial Credit will throw candidates into the field. However, deadline for nominations is the latter pert of September, Attend Studies on Youth Problems Young people of Sacred Heart parish were among the 115 repre- sentatives of Ontario, New Bruns- wick and Nova Scotia who attend- ed the Catholic Action Study Days at Assumption University, Windsor last week. Glen Skinn, Patrick King, Rita Redmond and Joan Redmond were delegates frau this district. The purpose of the Study Days was to discuss the modern probe lams of youth and to convince the teen-agers of the great need for Christian Youth to fincl a Christian solution to their problems, Ho 'd 1Party for Linda Clark Friends and neighbors gathered for a surprise party held recently by Mrs, 0, Hastings and Mrs. ,Tim Carr at the latter's home, for Lin- da Clark, who leaves to go into training at South Waterloo Hospit- al, Galt, Mrs. S, G, Leedham read an ad dress and Mrs. Jack Walker made the presentation of lovely personal gifts. Contests were held and a delicious lunch was served by the hostesses. introduced by Elston Cardiff. The minister recalled his years in the legislature with the late John Han na, stating he had a deep under- standing of the problems of the people. He also paid tribute to Mrs. Hanna, The government, he said, since coming to office has spent two bil- lion dollars on assets sueh as schools, roads and hospitals, and another three billion on services such as welfare, maintenance and so forth, The net debt of the pro- vince is four per rent lower than when it came into office With 85 per cent of government spending being done out of eitree nt revenue. (Please turn to Page Eight) GEORGE McCUTCHEON MURRAY GAUNT Construction Started on New Television ILuiIdin� Construction started last week on • the new CKNX radio -television building on Carling Terrace, with completion slated for early 1963. Kyles & Kyles, architects, of Hamilton, are in charge of the project and the general contract Rev. George Malcolm Conducts Service In Nova Scotia Rev. George Malcolm, B.A., B.D., minister of St. Cuthbert's Presby- terian Church, Westdale, Hamilton, conducted a uniq.te evening ser- vice on Sunday, August 19th. It market the 176th anniversary of the coming of the Rev, James Drummond MacGregor, D.D,, to the upper settlement of the East Riv- er, Pictou County, Nova Scotia. The first service of the Presby- terian Church in the county was held under a large elm tree in 1786 and this anniversary service was held under the same tree. There were over 200 cars and their occupants at the service. Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm and fam. ily have been holidaying with Mrs. Alexander Nimmo at her cottage at Durham, N.S. 251h Anniversary Mr, and Mr's, Jack E. Reavie celebrated their 25th wedding an niversary Sitn.:lay, Attg. 19th at their cottage, "The Rca.viera", at Bruce Beach, During the after- noon and evening a number of frienris called and at five o'clock a buffet sit plpet• was served to 32 re. latives and friends. The couple ha VP one daughter, Lynd.t. Ihas been awarded to Andeen Con- struction Co. Ltd., of Brampton. Scott Reid and Roy Bennett of the CKNX engineering staff have worked with the management and the architects on the planning of the building and will work with the contractors on supervision during its construction. The completed building will cost more than $250,000.00. To be con- structed of concrete block and brick veneer, the exterior will be accent- ed with ranch wall and redwood panelling. It will face on Car- ling Terrace, and will occupy the site of the former CKNX building which was destroyed by fire on March 8th of this year. Total floor spare will be about 20,000 square feet, and will include the portion of the former structure which was left standing after the fire. The public area and entrance will be of ultra -modern construc- tion and along with the offices will occupy a one-story wing at the street side of the building. At the rear there will be a two-story sec- tion. Paved parking areas will be provided at the north and east. The building will employ forced air electrically heated, and a con- siderable portion of the structure will he nit Conditioned, with pro- vision for extension of this system at a later date. The electronic equipment has been purchased from RCA Victor and is o.f the very latest. design. 'rwn television sttirlins will he in- corpnt•al:ecl into the new building. Only one wets available in the old building. Another feature will be a greatly enlarged viewing room Inc the von1'euiecirc of the public. from which the televising of live program:: will be seen. The CKNX+ staff numbers about 75 people, This is it, folks! Thursday eve- ning sees the first activity in the 1962 edition of the Wingham Lions Frontier Days—a grand way to wind up the summer, The fun starts at the town park on Thursday night, where there will be a full set-up of games, wheels, bingo, midway rides, etc. Friday evening at the arena Got - die Tapp of CBC "Country Hoe- down" fame will present a two- hour stage show featuring Shirley Harmer, Tommy Hinter, the Rhythm Pals and many other per- sonalities. Gordle is one of the wittiest emcees we have ever seen in action and the stars of the show are popular television performers- who erformerswho always draw a big crowd. The show will be followed by the Fron- tier Ball with dancing at the arena. On Saturday afternoon the big activity will be back at the town park, where a full program has. been arranged. To mention a few of the highlights: Junior Farmers' Square Dance Contest; Tug of War between visiting Lions' teams each with its own cheering section. A big item will be the monster chick- en barbecue which will open later in the afternoon. Of course the midway and pony rides will be in full swing, too. Saturday evening the CKNX Barn Dance will be held at the arenaand is expected to attract an outsize crowd. The usual parade on Saturday af_ ternoon has been discontinued for this year, Oh, we forgot to mention the fact that there is no admission to the park on Saturday afternoon. Throughout the three days tick- ets will be on sale for the big draw which takes place on Saturday night. The prize this year is. a 15 -foot Beaver travel trailer. It has been on display at the Bank of Commerce corner for several weeks, so you know what an inter- esting prize it is. Horning Pigeon Back in Buffalo BELGRAVE—About the end of June two homing pigeons arrived at the farms of William and Stanley Black. Tom Black, son sof William, claimed one of the birds, which had a band on its leg, stating she was from Buffalo, and Brian Black, son of Stanley Black, claimed the other bird, which was from London. About three weeks later Tom attached his name and address to the band of one pigeon and released her.. Much to ,his sur- prise, on Aug. 25th, he received a letter in the mail from Ed Bloss, Buffalo, telling hhn the pigeon arrived, though tired and worn. 11Ir, iCloss let the pigeon go in Gallatin, Temi., for a 600 mile Grand International Race on June 22, 1962. Mr. Bloss ex- pressed his thanks to Toin for taking care of his bird and re- leasing her. Brian has not yet released Ills, but hopes to do so Soon. This incident proves that a bitd oan go many miles and still find its own way back. r2 kyles & kyles ' to r o h l t t a t e• i banditan & attatfortt NEW TELEVISION BUILDING—Here is the archi- tect's drawing of the new television and radio building which will be erected at the corner of John Street and Carling Terrace to replace the building lost by fire on March lath of this year. The modern entry is seen in the foreground.