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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1962-09-12, Page 1With which is tweratc. amalgamated the Gerrie Vidette and Wroxeter News • 'PLANNING BOARD. APPROVES LOT SALE At a meeting, of the Wingham- TurnbeeeY Planning Hoard on Monday evening, approval was gi- ven, subject to OK by the town council, for the sale of two lots, owned by William Conron, situated on the extension of Cornyn St., just to the south of the Separate School, • Permission was given by the board when Mr, Conron presented an outline plan for subdividing the area. The plan contains 35 resi. dential lots, and was, made .in co- operation with Peter Vath and Thomas Henderson, who also own land which would be involved, The area' extends from the Cor- nyn St. extension, south to the housing lots owned by Mr. Conron and. Mr. Path, The plan calls for a street to run southerly from Cor- nyn St, to the rear •of the Vath- Conron lots, then east to intersect with another street running south from Cornyn St. to Diagonal Road. Lots would be sold on both sides of the "L" shaped street and on both sides of the other north-soubh street. The Planning Board reviewed the sewage situation with Mr. Con- ron, and it was felt that there would be :no great problem with either trunks or lateralswhen the areais sub -divided. The two lots approved for sale can be serviced by an existing line to the Separate School. High School Tenders High At a joint meeting of the Wing - ham District High School .Board and the Vocational Advisory Com- mittee lash Thursday evening, ten- ; ders for the new addition were opened and reviewed. • All ' tenders were considerably higher than the estimated costs which were .approved by the De- partment of Education. The result will be a delay in get- ting the project under way as it will•.. have to be reviewed by the board, rarchitect, and the Depart- ment of Education, RECEPTION For Mr. and Mrs, Gordon Scott (Carol, Steuernol) Friday, Sept. 14, in Belmore Hall, Garnet Farrier's orchestra. Ladies please bring lunch. F12* WDHS COMMENCEMENT Commencement will be held at the Wingham District High School on Friday, Ocbober 6th, with A. H. McKague, B.A,, Assistant Superin- tendent Secondary Education Branch as the guest speaker. F12b I:O.d.F, EUCHRES are• starting on Tuesday, Sep- tember 1.8, in the Oddfellows Hall. Also. fowl Thanksgiving bingo on Wednesday, October 3rd. Proceeds for C. P and T. Fund, Everyone welcome. F12b LAST OF TILE SEASON Come to the Teeswater Lions bingo on Friday, Sept. 14th, at 9 p.m. This is the final bingo of the season in Teeswater, with $1,400 in cash prizes. F1,2b NOTICE An Emergency Measures Organ- ization meeting will be held in the Wingham Town Hall on Tuesday, September 18th, at 8 p.m. County Co -Ordinator, Mr, T. M. MacDon- ald, will be the speaker and all in- terested persons are requested to attend. — William Renwick, Clerk, Wingham, Ontario, F12b • HOME '1'O FRIENDS . Mr. and Mrs. Morris, Bosman, of Bluevale, will hold open house for relatives and friends at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Hamilton, Summit Drive, Wingham, on Satur- day, September 15th, from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 o'clock p.m. Phone No. 610W4. F12h ANNIVERSARY SERVICES Knox United Church, Belgrave, will hold Anniversary Services on Sunday, September 23rd, at 11 a.m, and 7.30 p.m. The guest speaker will be Rev. C. Elsner Taylor, of Goderich. The choir will render special music at both services. In the evening, assisted by Mr. Her- bert Treneer, organist and choir leader of Wingham United Church. Everybody weloome, F12 -19b ENGAGEMENT Mrs, Bertha Simmons of Blue - vale announces the engagement of her youngest daughter, Shelda-Jean Ruth to Mr, Keith Leonard Schaf- fer, son of Me, and Mrs. Jacob Schaeffer of Stratford. The mar- riage will take place in the Luth- eran Church at Stratford on Satur- day, September 22. F12b CLOSING4 NOTICE Mrs. Harold Foxton's Beauty Shop on Diagonal Road will be closed froili September 10th to 24th inclusive, F5 -12b WINGHAM, ON'TAILIQ, WEI'1NESDAY, SEPTEMBER B 12, 1962 SINGLE+. COPIES ---- 10 scuta AUSTRALIAN VISITORS—Mr. and Mrs. Dodd of Port Elliot, Australia, spent a few days last week at the Cerson home and are pictured here with Bill, Barbie, left, and Julianne Dauphin, child- ren of Mrs. Cerson and the late Charles Dauphin, who was with Mr. Dodd as a prisoner of war . in Italy and Germany.—A-T photo. Australian Visitor Meets .;. -.. .: ..;. .. ,,.. ......,. �, .,.aa w..n+ .,...rir, 4n.,: kSit1,(�r+;'��.v?Y.w�dr. ..vc:,, ,.:•..;. • Mr. 'gild Mrs. Ken •Cer2on held wheiiti'Effeerelrrtd bopecl �o malt�e` an.. –T ere a year to the clay from Iiia "open house" on Saturday after- , escape, they drew the door gently release as a POW. noon and evening for World WarII i back a few inches and were greet- Mr, Dodd is a real estate agent prisoners of war, who had served ed by Tommy gun fire by a guard. in Port Elliot, a place of 600 pop - with the Air Force, The event was There was no further hope of es- elation which climbs to 2,000 in held in honor of their guests, Mr. cape as the doors were made even the summer, due to Its location on and Mrs. Keith Dodd, of Port El- more secure. the ocean. They have two child- liot, South Australia State, Aus- A few South Africans with Mr. ren, Sandra 15 and Philip 1.1, who tralia, who were at the Cerson Beckett, who were taken to Ger- are in boarding school in Ade. home for four days. many by train, did manage a brief 'aide. The reunion had its beginnings over a year ago, when Mr. Dodd, who was planning a vacation to Europe and North America, wrote to two Canadians with whom he had spent most of his time as • a prisoner of war, Cecil Langton of Victoria, B.C., and Chuck Dauph- in, Riclgetown, The men agreed that Camp 57, at also helped Keith establish Inter - Mr, Langton finally received his Udine, was the best of the camps national Camp bridge tournaments. letter .in Kelowna, B.C., where he in which they had lives, Discip- They spent 28 days on the Con- tinent visiting many of the coun- tries and saw one of the former prison camps, which looks much shortage of food. Most of the the same today. prisoners were a fine bench and it Mr, and Mrs. Dodd had a plea - was amazing how little stealing sant visit with Tom Morley in was done even though hunger was England and spent three weeks freedom, but were captured the Mr. and Mrs. Dodd left Australia next morning. One man jumped in March. In Paris they visited while the train was in motion and , Andre Osostowicz, nephew of Hel- ena Rubenstein and factory man- ager for the company. Andre was a Pole who translated BBC Polish news into English so Keith could distribute It through the huts. He was killed. Escape was really hopeless as the Austrians were not very sympathetic and there would have been no place to htde. Best of Camps now lives, and the second letter line was strict, the camp was ex - was forwarded to Mrs. Cerson, ceptionally clean, there were sew - formerly Mrs. Charles Dauphin. ers and roads. The one fault was Mr. and Mrs. Cerson correspond- ed with the Australian couple and informed them of Mr, Dauphin's death in 1952. It was arranged that they visit Wingham enroute to Kelowna. Mr. Dodd was anxious to meet as many POW's from Ontario as iota sible, but his time here was lim- ited. Mr. and Mrs. Cerson,' with the help of Don Adams and Le- gion contacts, arranged for open house and a reunion at their home. Only One Mission Keith Dodd joined the Royal ever-present, Cigarettes, of course, were used for currency and Shorty Beckett, being a non-smoker, managed a lot of chocolate on his cigarettes from home. The value of cigar- ettes varied according to supply and demand, A square of choco- late that would cost 25c now, sometimes sold for 60 cigarettes, but on occasion went to 600 eig- with Mr, and Mrs. Morley touring Scotland and the Lakes district In Northern England. Mr, Morley had been their hut commander and he sent a message on tape to the boys here and in Australia. The Dodds have many hours of tape recordings which they have sent home and also have a tremen- dous collection of colored slides, movie's and pictures of people and Australian Air Force in 1940 and arettes. places. The pictures created a lot Was sent to England in 1941. He Were "Huskers" - of interest as the men recognized was attached to the RAF and spent Keith Dodd, Chuck Dauphin, buddies they had tiot seen for 17 some time with an operational Cecil Langton of B.C. and Sandy • years. There was also a sheaf training unit in North Devon. He was assigned to 217 Squadron, Coastal Conunand, and his first mission, June 21, 1942, was hie Jones, of Melbourne, Australia, of letters from mien now scattered and now a medical doctor there, ' over the globe. were "muckers" for two years and Changes in England 11 months, This was a voltutliuy Mra, Dodd visited relatives and last. His piaile was torpedoed 40 group of four who shared equally friends in England. When Keith feet above the water of the Medit- all food and parcels received. Keith was captured in 1942 she joined the erranean by one of their own air- acted as the Q/M. Shorty recall- women's division of the Army and craft, which was ten feet dlrectiy ed that Keith would always cut two was stationed at. Bournemouth, a overhead. cigarettes in half and pan them receiving depot for Canadian ser - The crew was cautured and talc- to his muckers. He would then vicemen. collect the butts, save the tobitr.- She believes that England is co and eventually it would be JSea more prospei•ntts ntid progressive to roll other cigarettes. than it was when she lived there. Better K.ations Places that were bomber] out as en to Tripoli. Keith was hospital- ized for three months and then ended Ftp at. Camp 57 lit 'Italy, at Udine, north of 'Trieste. It was after Mr. Dodd was at Stalag 48 was the destination In Udine that Chuck Dauphin arrived Genitally. On arrival they found at tine camp. Chuck was captured prisoners there who had been cap- in North Afriea and was at seV-- Lured only a short time, and were oral POW c-tmns int Italy before iitterly despondent and hungry. Udine. Shorty Beckett, now a 'i`ite rations were better than they dairy farmer et Thamesforrl, was had been In Italy and for a time also In the same camp atid Shorty the newconners felt quite satisfied slid his wife were able to attend with their fare. As stomachs grad - the reunion nn Saturday, wally became eccustomed to nnore Later these rorisoners were niov- t food, they, tno, began t.o hope el ern to Germany in cattle trunks via more. Working parties were Spited, Atistrin.. This is now an , army camp and two years ago wits used for ref.igees from Hungary. The joirney, as reeailed by the ex -POWs, was of several days and very unpleasant. At one stage some of the Palestinians in Mr. Docld's truck managed with pa- tience and effort to work the door loose, However, at the first stop sometimes able to eentrihn!:e a little extra when they re tut'ni', t to cent p, Release eame on Amit 23, 1945, through the nilvnnec of the Rus signs. Keith Dodd returned to l;ngiand where he married Mary Cook, whom he had met while training•in Devon. He went back to Australia and Mary arrived ednesday Ballot to Settle Contentious Liquor Issue she remembered them, have been rebuilt and the new areas expand- ed. Consequently it is sometimes hard to find your way around. Mrs, Dodd likes Australia. She found the people friendly and easy and preferred the climate there to that of England. On her first trip Lo Canada, she feels the Canadians and Australians are very similar in their way of life, Mr. and Mrs. t)odd left by train Sur.riny night for British Columbia ani will spend a few days with Mr. nn -1 Mrs, Langton and new friends they met aboard' the Canberra on their way to Europe, They will make a tour of I."ake Louise, Banff and jasper before going to Los Angeles, where Mrs, Dodd will visit a friend who was with her in the Army in England. On Wednesday, Sept, 19th, the people of Wingham will be asked to vote on two questions under the Liquor License Act. The two ballots facing the voters are: "Are you in favour of the sale of liquor under a dining lounge license for consumption with meals on licens- ed premises", and "Are you in favour of the sale of 'quor under a lounge license for consumption on licensed premises?" As in all cases of liquor plebis- cites, the issues at stake are con- tentious and over the past several weeks the arguments pro and eon have been flying thiels awl fast. Some people have been somewhat misinformed as to the voting. As stipulated above the vote is on I.wo questions only, and the results of the poll would not permit the es- tablishment of beverage rooms. Before any establishment in Wingham could be licensed there must be a three-fifths majority of those voting in favor, The plebiscite is being carried out under the regulations of the Liquor License Board, and those entitled to vote fall into the same general category as in a provincial election. The Issue arose due to the fact that Mr, and Mrs. Whitney Grose, owners of the burned -out Bruns- wick Hotel are prepared to build a new and modern 20 -room hotel at a reported cost of over $200,000, pro- viders the people of Wingham ap- prove the sale of liq.tor in the din- ing room and in a cocktail lounge. The Drys Say The enmmittee heading the "Vote No" section of the commun- ity has been quite pronounced in its aversion to the establishment of by -the -glass outlets in the com- munity. Their arguments are based on moral grounds, and the contention that additional outlets will inevit. ably increase drunkeness, alcohol- ism, suffering in families and is wrong from a religious aspect. They also suggest that cocktail lounges will be a bad influence on young people and that present re- tail outlets are sufficient. The "Vote No" committee does not believe that a licensed hotel woald materially improve business in the community and that the ex- tra taxes received by the town would be more than offset by higher control costs. In essence those who oppose the licenses believe that while good hotel accommodation in town is desirable, it is not worth the price of liquor outlets in the community. The Wet View The "Vote Yes" committee points to the need for a good hotel in the community from the aspect of sound business and progress in Wingham. The committee re- minds local citizens that the Grose family operated a first-class hotel WILL INVESTIGATE COST OF BOOKS A brief agenda at the September meeting of the Public School board', was highlighted by a decision to have the principal investigate the cost, of supplying all approved text books for free distribution to the pupils, At the present time a good many of the books are supplied, hitt a few that are fairly costly have to be purchased by the in.divirlual student. The principal was in- structed to report back to the board on the subject. If any de- cision is made on the matter, it was pointed oat, it would beeome effective with the fall of 1963. The principal reported that there were 488 pupils in the school. He gave a break -down by grade. At- tendance last June was over 98 per cent on the average, a rela- tively high figure. The princi- pal reported that so far there had been no major problems in con- nection with the opening of the 1962 fall term. A request for a minor amount of physical training equipment was granted by the board. Accounts and minutes of the pre- vious meeting were passed. The board felt that it would be a good plan to have a joint. hoard - staff meeting in order that the two groups could become acquainted, It was left to the principal to arrange such a meeting. Liberal Wt A, At Lunn Home On Monday night of this week the Huron -Bruce Liberal Women's Association met at the home of Mrs. A, Lunn, The guest speaker was Robert Campbell of Toronto. Plans were male to assist int the campaign to elect Murray Gaunt, Liberal, in this riding. Following the meeting a tasty lunch was serv- ed by the hostess, New Chapter, O.E.S. 131h in No. 8 District About 200 attended the Institu- tion of a new Chapter of the Or- der of the Eastern Star on Fri- day evening at the Port Elgin Dis- trict High School, This chapter will be known as South -Port Chapter No. 314 and will be located at Southampton. The Worthy Matron is Mrs. Clarence Buckton of South- ampton and the Worthy Patron is John A. Dunlop of Port Elgin. This makes the 13th chapter to District No. 8 of which Mrs. Jack Reavie of Wingham is the District Deputy Grand Matron. The Institution was in charge of the Worthy Grand Patron of the Grand Chapter of Ontario, Alex. McDonald of Cooksville, along with the Grand Officers. Georgian Chapter of Wiarton exemplified the degrees. Several Past Grand Officers, Grand Chapter committee members and P.D.D.G.M.'s attend- ed, also 13 presiding Matrons and five presiding patrons. The Institution was preceded by a banquet at the Breakers Hotel, Southampton, for the Grand Offi- cers, the members of the newly - formed Chapter which numbered 51, and the officers of the Georgian Chapter. Those who attended from Wing - ham btsides the D.D.G.M., Mrs. .Tack Reavie, were Mrs. George Guest, W.M., Mrs. K. M. MacLen- nan, P.M., Mrs. W. A, Heughan, P.M.; Mrs. Gwendolyn Adams, Mrs, Farish Moffat, P.M., Mrs. Alex Robertson, Mrs. Scott Reid, Jack Reavie, Lloyd Casemore, Mrs, Ted Collyer, A.M, and Mrs, K. Forster of Lucknow. Student Injured Glenn Skinn, son of Mr, and Mrs. Alex SkInn, is a patient in Vic- toria Hospital, London, following an injury received at the Wing - ham District High School last week while playing football. Examination disclosed injury to one kidney, but the organ was not ruptured. He will remain for sev- eral days in the London Hospital. Drumbolis Family Surprises Mother On 70th Birthday The family of Mrs. George Dram- bolis gathered together at Spring - bank Park, London, for a surprise 70th birthday picnic. Due to rain the family gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Peckham of London. - Others attending were Mr. and Mrs. Richard Prestage of London, Mr, and Mrs. Harold Wild and James of Wingham, Mr. and Mrs. John Wild of Scarboro, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Biggar of Deleware and five children, Ellen, George, Donnie, Jimmie and Sally Jean, Capt. Viols, Drumbolis of Ganan- oque, Mr, and Mrs, Alan Hick of Orangeville and two children, Wen- dy and Steven. It was a complete surprise to Mrs, - Drumbolis. DAVID IRELAND TO TURN SOD A farmer, picked at random, will turn the first sod in a new meat processing plant to which thous- ands of Ontario farmers have each contributed $100. The ceremony is to take place next Wednesday. Invited to perform the sod -turn -I ing duty is David Ireland of Tees - water, whose name was selected because his share certificate in FAME is 1962, The ceremony, near Ayr, will be I watched by hundreds of share- holders, with local dignitaries, pro- vincial political leaders and news- men, The speaker will be J. A. Courteau of Montreal, who man- ages a giant farm -owned process- ing organization in Quebec. FAME was set up nearly two years ago to give Ontario farmers some control over marketing their livestock. The meat processing plant which Mr. Ireland's spade will begin is the first of a proposed series of seven spaced throughout the province. previously and that the sale of al- coholic beverages is only one por- tion of the advantages which a well-run hotel would bring lo Wingham. The committee is strena- ing the fact that Wingham has no commercial establishment where banquets of any size can be accom, modated, and that such arcommo- dation is badly needed in the coo. munity. This view is backed by many businessmen and industrial- ists, who are now spending con- siderable sums outside the town to entertain business people from other places who visit here. The "Vote Yes" committee con- tends that licensed premises would not increase drunkeness nor create a juvenile problem, since minors would not be allowed inside the lounges, T h e committee also States the town will benefit consid- erably by extra taxes and that a 20 -room hotel will require a staff of over 20 people, and thus a new payroll will be added to the in- come of job -holders. They also state that dining lounges and lounges are under stringent con- trol by the Liquor License Board, which requires extremely high standards of accommodation, It's up to You These are the questions and some of the arguments on both sides. It will be up to the voters on Sept: 19 to weigh them well, and decide what they believe to be the best for the community. The polls will be open from it a.m, to 8 p.m. Locations of the polls are as follows: Polling Division No. 1, at W. J. Clark's store, Josephine St.; No. 2, at W. A. Heughan's store, Jose- phine St.; No. 3, at the Town Hall; No, 4, at Wingham Motors; No 5, at Downie's Garage; No. 5, at Fred Carbert's house; No. 6, at the Town Hall; No. 9, at John Finnegan's Store, Diagonal Road. J. I. McKINNEY son of Mr, R. E. McKinney, Wing - ham, who has graduated from Queen's University, Kingston, as a chartered accountant. He also has a bachelor of arts degree from Western University at London Jim has been associated with Claxk' on, Gordon & Co., of Toronto and six months ago was appointed secre- tary -treasurer of Hardifoam Pro- ducts Ltd., in Toronto. EX -POW's REUNION—Mr. and Mrs. Keith Dodd of Australia and Mr. and Mrs. "Shorty" Beckett of Thamesford were guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Keri Cerson on Saturday when the men renewed acquaintances after not seeing each other for 17 years. They were together in prison camps in'Italy and Germany. The Australian couple is on the left and Mr. and Mrs. Beckett on the right. Other friends from Ontario attended lata" in the after- noon and evening.—Advance-Times photo.