HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1962-10-24, Page 1-4ElAiC�i-A
kLQNN THE MAIN OHO
Be. 'Cite Pedestrian
U1!'i HER SHINED UP--
Saturday is the time to get a
super car wash and have the buggy
cleaned out from stem to stern
The XP,J of St, Andrew's Church
will be ready for business at 12:30
noon, in the drive behind the
church, 'I'he price is only $1,00 In
case of rain your money would be
wasted anyway, so they advise you
to wheel In the following Saturday
if the weatherman doesn't co-oper-
ate this week.
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SECOND CROP --
i While setting the Main Drag
items on Monday morning, Whit-
ney Grose walked in and presented
us with proof that they have a
second crop of raspberries at their
cottage, As we finished talking to
Whit and turned back to our work,
we noticed that the next item was
`about Mrs, .Robinson picking ber-
ries on Oct, 18, 1947. These were
picked at the cottage on Oct. 22.
There's a good crop there if the
weather only holds out to let the
berries ripen,
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THAT EXTRA HOiJR—
This is the week for that extra
hour of sleep, On Saturday even-
ing you can set your clocks back
one hour as standard time conies
into effect at midnight. Church
services on Sunday will be on
standard time,
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LONG FALL --
Tile fall season this year has
been one of the longest on record,
with no frost to mar the lovely
flowers which are still in bloom at
many homes, Mums and tuberous
`begonlas make a colorful show ---
and we must be pretty close to the
first snowfall,
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NII) A JOB?
If there are any spare handy-
men around town they would do
"well to let us know at The A -T
Office, Recently there have been
several inquiries from folks with
odd jobs to be done,
Lucknow. Liquor
Vote Negative
Voters in Lucknow on Monday
turned down,' by strong majorities,
two questions under the Liquor
License Act.
In the vote for government li-
quor stores, 287 voted yes and 201
',voted no, or 49.65 and- 54.35 res-
pectively,
On the question of dining lounges
254 voted 'yes and 320 voted no,
percentages' being 44.25 and 55,75.
This was the first vote taken in
Lucknow on liquor since all out-
* lets were voted out 50 years ago.
The vote was initiated by the
council tvith E. H. Agnew acting
acs returning officer.
HUN pTTE TEA
Kinette fall tea tvill be .held Wed-
*hesday, November 7th, in the coun-
cil chambers, Special attractions,
doll clothes, a touch -and -take table
and a candy table. Usual home
made baking, and tea will be serv-
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e 1 A.r •r,UWE'EN MANCE
Will be held in Bluevale Com-
munity Hall on Friday, October. 26,
Wilbee's orchestra, Sponsored by
Bluevale Recreation Committee.
Admission in costume 60c, without
costume 75c. Lunch counter in hall,
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CSI? Waal/
St, Andrew's Y.P.S, will wash
ears behind the church Saturday,
October 27th, from 12.30 p.m, to 5
p.m, $1.00 per car, In ease of rain,
wriostponed until the following Sat-
ut•,.lay. F24b
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tion't forget the Hallowe'eit Mas-
querade on October 31, Prizes given
for best costume and draw for $50,
,j'atrier•'s Orchestra, _ - F24b
CAVA. TEA
Catholic Women's League fall tea
end bake sale will be held Satur-
day, October 27th, from 3.5 in the
Council Chambers. f'+17 -24b
or]I!1N HOUSE
d Mev. and Mrs. Cecil M. Jardine
are holding open house at the
United Church ,Manse, Wednesday,
October 24th, from 3.6 in the after-
noon and 8-10 hi the evening, at
which time they will be pleased to
Meet all members of their con-
gregation and friends of the local
dinurches Of the eominunity.
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WINGHAlt1, ONTARIO, migi NEJDA.' , OCTOBER '4 , 106
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HighSchool Bas Service POLICE
SC 0014 IIIJS FIRE
Rapped by I3russels
A delegation from the village of
Brussels consisting of Ian McDon-
aid, Herbert Stretton, ;Leonard
Machan, Jack McDonald, Orwell
Elliott, Rev, K. Griffiths and Reeve
Clifford Dunbar, of Grey Township,
met with the Wingbam District
High School Board at a special
session Friday evening to discuss
bus service to the school from
Brussels.
Rev, Griffiths outlined the rea-
sons the delegation felt the service
should be improved, stating that
there were moral aspects to the
CHEST IS GASHED
BY CIIAINNY
William Garbutt, 17, son of Mr.
and Mrs, Percy Garbutt, R.R, 5,
Lucknow, was admitted to the
Wingham and District Hospital on
Friday with deep lacerations to
the rear section of his chest after
an accident at his borne. He was
cutting fence posts when the power
chainsaw broke and the teeth
struck him across the chest, infllc-
ing a very deep gash.
On admission to hospital he was
rushed to surgery. The youhg man
is still in hospital, where officials
report his condition satisfactory.
NO SPONSOR FOR
HGCI(EY TEAM
Charles Lee, manager of the lo-
cal intermediate hockey team
stated on Tuesday that so far no
sponsor for the team has been
found, with the result that if
hockey is to be played this year it
will be necessary to put on a drive
to raise funds to support the sport.
At the present time the club has
only $100 in the treasury, and
since new uniforms are needed, it
will be necessary to raise con-
siderably more money before a
team can be put on the ice. Mr,
Lee said an attempt to raise mon-
ey by donation would be made
shortly.
A tentative entry in the WC)AA
Intermediate "C" class has been
made. However, a meeting of the
club executive and the players will
be held following the drive for
funds to determine whether or not
it will he possible to go ahead.
Hockey fans are asked to note
the situation and lend their sup •
pert if intermediate hockey is to
be played again this season,
BAZAAR AND TEA
The U.C.W. will hold a bazaar
and tea in the school room of
Bluevale United Church on Wed-
nesday, Oct. 31st, at 3 p.m. F24b
case as the students had to be up at
(1.30 a.m., to catch the buses, which
leave larun;Sels shortly after 7.30,
.and do not arrive back until 5.3t,
in the afternoon. lie contended that
two and a half hours is too long
for the students to spend travelling,
and maintained it did not leave
enough time for recreation due to
the heavy load of homework. 11e
reiterated that the board must
consider the problem from its moral
aspect, stating that the children
were being asked to work longer
hours than most adulttty,rle sug-
gested that. by reducing the time of
travel, students would obtain better
marks in their studies,
Board member Andrew McTavish
said the situation i:: much similar
to that existing in other parts of
the district, and that it is impera-
ive in the interests of economy to
have the school buses filled as close
as possible to capacity. He asked
the delegation if they had an an-
swer to the problem, and Ian Mc-
Donald said they felt they had.
By way of explanation, two buses
leave Brussels each returning. One
packs up 18 Brussels students and
then progresses through Morris'
Township picking up students from
that municipality. The other takes
on 21 Brussels students and then'.
goes north through Grey 'Township,
picking up country students from
that area, with the result that the
two buses bring in a total of 94
students to 'the school
Third Bus Asked
Mr. McDonald suggested that
there are enough students from
Brussels to fill one bus, which
could then he sent direct by high-
way to the school, and with a third
vehicle put into use to act as a
feeder line, time could be saved,
and the operation would be safer.
The suggestion produced consid-
erable discussion, and the result of
the meeting was that the board
decided, after the delegation had
left, to npprnach Mr, Pearson, the
bus operator, to Investigate oasts of
Placing a third vehicle in operation,
and to determine 11 it is economi-
cally feasible to an so.
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IN FOOTBALL A [
M array McLennan, 17, son of Mr.
and Mrs, Stewart McLennan, RR..
4, Wingham, was seriously injured
during a football game at Mitchell
last Wednesday. Murray is a
member of the Wingham DIstrict
High School team.
Ile suffered a severe fracture of
the left leg. The boy was brought
to the Wingisam and District Hos-
pital by ambulance, where he is
still tender treatment. His condi-
tion now Hppears to be satisfactory,
Provincial Polite Constable Ron
ald Bell of the Wingharn eletach-
ment is currently investigating the
cause of a fire In a school bus
owned by Earl Weitz, of Turnber..
ry Township, which occurred or.
Monday morning,
The fire, which could have re-
sulted In tragedy, as some 10 pa-
plis were on the bus at the time,
was extinguished by the prompt
efforts of Mr. Weitz and a district
farmer, Ed Powell, who used the
fire extinguisher and loose sand to
quell the blaze.
The bus was carrying children to
the 'I'urnberry Township Area,
school on the 6th concession of the
township when Mr. Weitz noticed
the fire in the motor and stopped
in the vicinity of the Powell School.
The children quickly left the bus
by the emergency exit.
Investigation showed that papers
had been stuffed around the motor
manifold and had taken fire, burn-
ing off the fuel line, and the gaso-
line filter between the fuel pump
and the carburetor.
Whether or not the episode was
a pronk is a moot question. How-
ever the incident is believed to be
most serious, for it could easily
have had disastrous consequences.
The bus operator had only been
on the road a short time when the
fire was noticed. School board
authorities, who are quite con-
cerned, were greatly relieved that
the fire was contained with no ser-
ious results.
Not First Time
Early in 1961 the same bus was
tampered with when the spark'.
plugs and the battery were smash-
ed during the night. In the pre-
sent instance it appears that the
paper was placed in the manifold
of the motor, again during the eve-
ning when the bus was parked on
the Weitz farm on the sixth of
Turnberry.
A special meeting of the Turn.
berry School Area board was call—
ed on Monday evening to review
the problem.
Open New Packs
New packs for Brownies will
be opened today (Wednesday)
after four at the Presbyterian
Church. (iris from ages 8 to
11 who would like to join, are
asked to be present.
One leader is seal urgently
needed. Mrs. Norman Elliott
is being assisted at the present
time by Miss Marie Deyell, Mrs.
Betty Meyer and Girl Guide
Anne McKlbbon. There should
be let least one more volunteer
in order to carry out a full pro -
grain,
EUCHRE
in Council Chambers,
men's Institute, Saturday
October 27, 8 o'clock. Lunch,
prizes. Admission 60c.
SINGLE COPSES -- 10 cents
SCHOOL MOVED—The Golden Circle School was moved from
its location on the old sawmill property to a new foundation
across from the Scout House on the west side of town. An ad-
dition will be added to the building, as well as a heating system.
The project is being financed by the Kinsmen Club with Mur-
ray McDougall as the contractor. Mel Jermyn moved the build-
ing. Wingham and District Retarded Children's Association
operates the school.—Photo by Connell.
The board of the Wingham Dis-
trict High School was infnrrned
by letter on Thursday evening that
the Department of Education has
given. final epproval for e total
expenditure of $977,166.00 for the
erection and equipment, of the «o -
rational wing. The letter was in
confirmation of e statement by
.Premier Robarts in an address
'here earner this month that some
$70,000.00 above the estimates
would be approved for the con-
struction of the wing. The extra
money was necessary when rhe
lowest tender for the building was
$70,000.00 higher than the estimated
cost,
The approval allowed $793,835 for
the building contract, inetutiing
$5,470 for site clearance ur land-
scaping, architects fees of $41,631.00
and $133.700.00 for fitrnitto'r. ,arid
equipment,
The board had tentatively ac-
cepted the tender of Andean Con-
struction Co. Ltd , of Brampton,
for $788,365.00 in September, pend -
Frank Thompson of Wingham, and
the secretary -treasurer, Miss Y.
McPherson, were authorized by the
board to sign the contracts when
they arrived
The board meeting followed a
dinnei ill the school cafeteria, at-
tended. hy the teaching staff, board
members and members of the vo-
cational advisory committee, The
dinner had been arranged to pro-
vide an opportunity for the board
to meet the members of the staff.
Ing approval by the Department of Principal Frank Madill introduced
Education. The board chairman. i his teachers and board chairman,
ru sone.
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Re.!ingtons f
It n+•as announced on Tuesday by
Whitney Grose that he has sold
the site of the former Brunswick
.Hotel. on Wingham's main street
to Remington's Limited, owners of
the local I.G.A. store, now situat-
ed in the premises just south of
the ton'n hall
Harold tteirlington has operated
by Wo- the EGA hralitees 'tete for the
evening, past five years and et,iteel that
Good he intends to build rt modern stn-
F24b pernnirket on the tie-" l'ceticni. The
Fire . estroy
Fire which broke out shortly be -1
fore midnight last Friday complete-
ly destroyed a coal shed at the CN
'Railway siding in the north end of
the town. The loss is expected to;
Ce Adams Coal Shed
total several thousand dollars for
the building housed about 150 tons
of coal. It was the property of A.
C. Adams, Wingham.
There was some damage to the
roof of the nearby Canadian Na-
tional freight shed, but the local
firemen stopped the blaze on that
building before any extensive
damage was done.
Apparently the fire was first
!noticed by a passerby, who thought
it was a bonfire and reported it to
the night constable The latter turn-
ed in the alarm
COAL SHEDS DESTROYED—Fire, believes( to have started from
a bonfire, destroyed the A. C. Adams coal sheds to the east of
the C.N.R. freight sheds late Friday night. The blaze was brought
under control by the local fire brigade. The intense heat started
a fire on the roof of the railway shed, but firemen were able to
keep it from spreading.—Advance-Times photo.
tel Site Sol
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structure, which he said will be
started as soon as possible, will
have, a frontage of 75 feet and will
be 80 feet deep, giving a store area
of some 6,000 square feet, or near-
ly double that of his present store.
The new location will also provide
adequate parking facilities as the
property runs through to Diagonal
Road at the rear MrRemington
said the new store t4•iil hates an
entrance on both Josephine St. and
from the parking area at the tear.
Mr. Grose said he had intended
to build a new hotel at the sane
location but felt it was not feas-
ible without a liquor license, which
was turned .down in a municipal
referendum last month.
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Mr. Remngton states that no
commitments have been made for
the disposition of his present build-
ing.
'the Chase family ill centinlre
o reside in Winglauo, ha sing rent_
ed Mrs. «' Alrnstrong's apart
inept.
MRS. ROBERT STONEHOUSE
of Belgrave will celebrate her
96th birthday this coming Sat.
!rrdav, Oct. 27 She is still quite
active and in fairly good health
and i, a most interesting per -
cin, wince she can recall hap-
periings of many years ago. Her
husband died four years ago.
Frank Thompson, introduced the
members of the board.
A meeting of the vocational ad-
visory committee was held before
the regular board meeting at which
the committee recommended that
the board purchase some $3,800.00
worth of equipment far the new
woodworking shop; $900.00 for the
auto shop and approximately
$5,000,00• for the gymnasium, `Fire
figures met with board approval.
At. the meeting of the regular
board, principal Frank Madill
stated that attendance averaged
745 in September or 97 per cent of
the enrolment. He said 211 students
had enrolled in grade nine. Com-
mencement would be held on Fri-
day, October 26 he reminded the
board and asked several members
to take part. He told the board
that 15 pupils had been entered in
a, public speaking contest, and a
parents' night for grade nine stu-
dents will be held November 2
The board agreed with a requeet
from the principal for the purchase
of two tape recorders for the school
to be used in language classes A
meeting, he said, would be called
shortly for the purchase of school
desks for the nes*' ad•_lltion
Transportation Problem
The transportation committee
outlined to the board a patient in
connection with transportation of
stedents Iran Brussele,ant l,cota-
mended that the board meet t•'i±h
a delegation from that centre on
the following aeeaing. The bnir;l
agreed to the special meeting A
letter from Gerald Galbraith and
Carl Dinsmore, Gorrie are eto_
dents, was read to the basal re-
garding bus service This vaa left
in the hands of the committee
The treasurer reported 'het _30,.
000 00 had been neccivc l =, . ;.alt,
payment of the province"! el
Robert Wenger wa:, d::ieg_t±__'_ to
attend a ?One mee'_-'ng of tha Sati-
tario .chool 'fAS:01:7I,ta.,n .
at Owen Sound on October 3? 't tat
meeting adjourned ,lust alter mei-
night,
Prockmt�n
Daylight vin3 Time Ends
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Town of Plingham
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In a October. OtIb 19,62
ti. S. HE`f t-HERINGTON. Mayor.
Town of Winghalo