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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1963-01-24, Page 8Page 8 -- Wingham Advance -Times, Thursday, Jan. 24, 196:1 Kinsmen to Operate Home Bingo Game At the regular meeting of the local Kinsmen Club, held Monday evening, at Danny's Restaurant, approval of the club was given to a proposal to run a home bingo. Proceeds will be used to augument the club's service account which has been badly depleted during the year, Kin president Matt. Boyd pointed out that more money had been spent on the Golden Circle School than had been contemplated and the club has a commitment of $4, 000.00 as its donation to the bath house at the Riverside Park. As well, the club sup- ports bantam hockey and has spent a considerable amount on the Scout House. Murray Gerry was named to look after the details of the home bingo. He announced that the prize will be $100.00 and that cards will sell for $1.00 and will be available from any Kinsman, and pro- bably at a number of business places on the main street. The numbers will be drawn each week and published in The Advance- Times. Twenty- four numbers will be called the first week, twelve on the second and third weeks, eight on the fourth, three each on the fifth and sixth weeks and then two each week until a winner is declared. It is ex- pected that the bingo will start about the middle of February. A long discussion on Trade Fair problems took place, mem- bers making suggestions as to ways and means to improve the annual show. Kin Alan Williams was re- appointed to the Riverside Parks Board, and reported to the club on the work which has been done and future plans. He said the fact that the club is assist- ing with the construction of the bath house, has meant that more money will be available for development work this year. The government, he said, is pressing for the development of the camping area. Murray Stainton was appoint- ed to the Recreation Commis- sion. Nine New Voices Join the Chorus Interest is still running high in the Barber Shop Chorus re- cently organized by Hap Swat - ridge. Last Wednesday night, the second practice for the group, total attendance was down because of very bad wea- ther, however, 27 men turned out, of which nine were new- comers, to give a total regis- tration of 46. flap is hoping to get the enrollment up to about 65 so that he can count on 50 voices at any time. Hap and Bill Connell were in charge of the practice. So far the group includes men from Wingham, Blyth, Kincardine, Brussels, and Bluevale. Prac- tices are held Wednesday nights in the Wingham town hall. Belgrave Store Has Been Sold Mr. and Mrs. Roy Charles of Listowel have purchased the Belgrave general store, oper- ated for the past 18 years by Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hanna. The new owners will take over at the first of March. Mr. Charles is a former resident of Lower Wingham. He operated the present McDougall store in the years immediately follow- ing the war. Mr. and Mrs. Hanna plan to reside in Belgrave. Have you ever attended a committee meeting where they keep minutes but waste hours? PE SONAL —Mr. Thos, Gaunt was a - ken hack to Wingham Ilosp'tal on Frilay. —Airs, W. Davis has return- ed home after spending a week with her daughter, Mrs. J. T. Bildfell and Sgt, Bildfell in London, and a week in Brant- ford visiting friends. —Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thompson and Mr, and Mrs. Ken Thompson spent Sunday in Hamilton and visited with Mr. Joseph Thompson, who is a patient in the hospital. —Dr, and Mrs. K. M. Mac- Lennan attended the Ontario Veterinary Convention held in the Royal York last Thursday, Friday and Saturday. —Mrs. J. W. Ross, Miss Margaret Moffat and Gordon Moffat of Toronto spent the week -end with Mr. and Mrs. Farrish Moffat. —Mr. and Mrs. Ross Fore - beck and Linda Farrish of Owen Sound visited on Sunday with Mrs. Forebeck's mother, Mrs. Wm. King. —Mr, John Sutherland, a high school teacher in Toronto, and son of Mrs. James Seli, has completed another TV series of school telecast pro- grams with the Canadian Broad- casting Corporation televised on Thursday afternoons at 2:30. —Cst. Murray Fridenburg was in Toronto on Tuesday, where he visited with his wife, who is in hospital. —Mr, and Mrs. Norman Wel- wood and Mrs. James Deneau were in London on Friday eve- ning to see the London Little Theatre production, "The Mir- acle Worker". —S. J. Pymm of Luc;<now, known to many in this area as a tax consultant, has been a pa- tient in Westminster Hospital, London, for several weeks. He expected to be able to return home the latter part of this week. —Mr. and Mrs. H. Newman of Toronto were week -end visi- tors with their nephew, Cst. and Mrs. Jack Parkinson, and Lynn. Another aunt, Mrs. Jack Dun- ton of Toronto, is spending the week at the Parkinson home. " \OTES Howick Guests At Lions Club The members of the Howick Lions Club and those of the Wingham Club gathered on Tuesday evening for a joint meeting at Danny's Restaurant, where the highlight of the eve- ning was the showing of slides by Wray Cooper of Howick. The pictures had been taken by Mr. Cooper while he was on a trip to Europe. Particularly in- teresting were his slides of West Berlin, Lion President Murray Mac- Lennan of the Wingham club welcomed the Howick Lions. A quartet composed of Hap Swatridge, Reg Bitton, Bill Connell and Bill Conron enter- tained with several numbers. A letter was read by the sec- retary, Lion Fred McGee, from Mrs. I. E. Money, expressing appreciation to the Wingham Club for their visit to the hos- pital and gifts to patients in the chronic and children's wards at Christmas time. Wingham President MacLen- nan introduced the Howick President, Bill Clark, who in turn introduced the speaker, Mr. Cooper. Lion Bill Currie of Wingham expressed apprecia- tion for Mr. Cooper's highly in- teresting talk and pictures. At the Hospital Patients admitted to Wing - ham General Hospital during the past week, were from; Brus- sels, 1; Listowel, 2; Lucknow, 4; Teeswater, 4; Wingham, 9; Ashfield Twp., 5; Culross Twp., 8; Grey Twp., 1; Howick Twp., 1; Huron Twp., 1; Kinloss Twp., 1; Turnberry Twp., 3; East Wawanosh Twp., 1; West Wawa - nosh Twp., 3; Total, 44. A high school boy took home from the library a book whose cover read "How to Hug", only to discover it was volume seven of the encyclopedia. y. t Ay A`� �... 4. HUGE PILES OF SNOW mark many a drive way in Wingham these days and this Leopold Street home is one of many where the man of the house has had a daily task of shovelling before the car could be moved.—A-T Photo. Belgrave Personals The Hi -C Group spent Satur- day evening as guests of the Whitechurch Hi -C. Group. Miss Karen Anderson was student teacher last week at the Clinton public school and has returned to Stratford. Miss Marlene Walsh of Kitchener visited with her par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. James Walsh for the week -end. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Brown of Wingham spent the week -end with Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Bolt. Ronald Nicholson of Ridge - town spent the week -end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gar- ner Nicholson. 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Remember: this special offer 4 expires Feb. 28, 1963! 4.4 •SIMMONS LIMITED MAKERS OF THE FAMOUS "BEAUTYREST" WALKER HOME FURNISHINGS SIMMONS WORTH on the purchase of a 'CORONET QUILT MATTRESS or matching boxspring IS#!'.,l.:I.::1;1.#.:11:....1 Gitlia WORTH sc& on the purchase of an EMPRESS QUILT MATTRESS or matching boxspring This limited Edition Certificate will be redeemed by your Simmons Dealer displaying the Gold Certificate Banner in the amounts stated if presented at the time of purchase of any merchandise named hereon on or before February 28, 196 n.w•a rx•• . nn.n m .k. 4 r3ti(.YY1EYY.I:X133e'•ibi(3t:Si�F3t:Yl+It:k a.itid3t3(l Wingham as the guest speaker. Mrs. Lyle Hopper is convener of the meeting. Mr. Llyle Hopper is spending a few days with his sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Rann of Brussels. Dimwit Driving Mark of Stupidity It is self-evident that many traffic accidents are the result of stupidity. Newspaper re- ports of tragedies often reveal evidence of utter folly:- teen- ager drivers who try to switch cars while driving down hill, side by side; men so befuddled by drink that they speed for miles down the wrong side of a divided highway; young lives lost as the result of playing "chicken". The best drivers are usually clever people, according to a study by Professor Flans Eysench, head of the Psychological De- partment of London University. Reckless driving is not only stupid in itself — it is often the sign of a person of below- average intelligence. Tests proved, he said, that people with an intelligence quotient of 80 (the average is between 100 and 110) had many more accidents than people with a higher IQ. He felt that considerable caution should be shown before granting licences to the dullest 20 per cent of the population. Dull-witted people prefer to conceal their deficiency, as a rule. But when driving, they often advertize it, blatantly. Perhaps the standard of driv- ing on the roads today would rise if society as a whole treat- ed bad driving as a manifesta- tion of sub -normal intelligence. Too many people glorify reck- less, aggressive behaviour be- hind the wheel. To some minds, to drive dangerously and selfishly is to show courage, and strength of character. This sort of "courage" never impresses those who have to deal with the aftermath of a traffic crash - police, ambu- lance attendants, distraught relatives. Whether or not brains and good driving always go to- gether, there is no doubt that recklessness is always a mark of stupidity. Some kinds of charity may be cold. But the blood donor puts his heart into it. United SS Raised $558 for Missions Rev. C. G. Park, minister of Wesley -Willis Church, Clin- ton, was the after-dinner speak- er on Friday evening when the Sunday School of Wingham United Church held its annual meeting. Mr. Park's theme was "Hitchhikers". He delivered a dynamic address, comparing all kinds of hitchhikers we meet on the road with spiritual hitchhikers, combining humor with very impressive remarks. Russell 'Lurbrigg opened the business period with a short worship service and the annual reports were read from all de- partments. The Sunday School last year, in addition to money for its own operation, raised $558 for missions. The officers and teachers for 1963 are as follows: Died WHITE, MRS. JOSEPH RUS- SELL, 71, of Ripley, January 14, at London's Victoria Ilospital. Former Mary Isobella Watson. Former provincial president of Ontario Women's Institute and former noble grand of Ripley Rebekah Lodge. Survivors: Husband; daughters, Mrs. Al- lan (Marion) McBurney, Bel- grave; Mrs. David (Isobel) Mac- Donald, Ashfield Township; brother, Dr. Edgar Watson, Montreal. Both Ripley Rebek- ah Lodge and Kincardine Order of the Eastern Star members held memorial services at the McLennan funeral home, Burial was on Wednesday in Walkerton Cemetery with Rev, McCombie of Ripley Presby- terian Church officiating. OFFICERS Hon. supt., F. R. Howson; acting supt. , Russell Zurbrigg; sec. , Don McTaggart; sec's. assists. , Carmen McBurney, Donald Rintoul; paper sorter, Douglas McTaggart; treas. , Jack Walker; asst., Howard Walker; attendance sec., Roy Bennett; missionary sec., Mrs. V. Reid; temperance, Wilford Caslick; friendship, Mrs. W. Caslick; pianist, Mrs. R. Goy; asst. , Miss H. Tiffin; librarians, G. W. Tiffin, H. Wild; pro- jectionist, Donald Rintoul. TEACHERS Mrs. A. Rintoul, Miss Eliza- beth Burrell, Miss Pat Shackle- ton, Miss Elaine Moffatt, Miss Mary Evelyn Shackleton, Miss Ferne Vanstone, Mrs. D. Mc- Taggart, Miss Merle Gowdy, Miss Hilda Tiffin, Mrs. H. Burrell, Miss Margaret Machan, Mrs. R, Lurbrigg, Mrs. H. Walker, Mrs. H. Kerr, V. Reid, R. Walker, W. Caslick, 11. Sinnamon, D. Jardin, T. S. Beattie, H. Treneer, C. Shackleton. ASSISTANT TEACHERS Miss L. Merkley, Mrs. L. Richardson, Miss Brenda Con- ron, Miss K. Hodgins, Miss Julia Cruikshank, Mrs. C. l!odgins, Mrs. W, B. Cruik- shank, Mrs. H. Campbell, Mrs. G. W. Tiffin, Mrs. G. Robinson, Wayne Caslick, Tom, Powell, James Wild, Mrs. R. l3cnnett, R. Wehmeyer, C. Fingland, Associate teachers are Miss Phyllis Johns and Mrs. E. Mc- Burney.