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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1963-01-31, Page 1• coZinve Wingham, Ontario, Thursday, Jan. 31, 1963 . ALON G THE MAIN DRAG G By The Pedestrian OUT OF COMMISSION— The cold weather was ap- parently too much for the fire siren atop the town hall last week. It refused to function for the Weitz barn fire on Sun- day morning and the firemen had to be aroused by telephone. It is now back in running order. 0--0--0 GOING BETTER— On the other hand, the town clock in the post office tower seems to be weathering this rough winter much better than usual. For years it has gently folded its hands and quit every time there was a bad snow- storm, but this year it has been most courageous. 0--0--0 BUSY SEASON— The contractors around town who own snow removal equip- ment are doing a rushing busi- ness. During the past week the height of snow in driveways reached the point where shovel- lers just couldn't heave it over the top. The busy little front- end loaders are buzzing away long after dark. 0--0--0 THE HARD WAY— Last week we heard about one fellow out in the country who really got down to funda- mentals. Faced with one of those hard -to -get dental ap- pointments and blocked side - roads, he tramped three or four miles to the highway on snow- shoes to make sure he would keep his date with the dentist. tee.;,,, // AZi 1• COLLECT $600—The Kinette-sponsored March of Dimes was held Monday night with 16 Kinettes and 21 helpers taking part. They returned to the home of Mrs. Robert Wenger for coffee and counted up the proceeds, which amounted to $600. Mrs. Matt Boyd, Mrs. Allan Haf- ermehl, Mrs. Cy Robinson and Mrs. Merv. Templeman were happy with the results, and to get warmed up after a cold night's work.—A-T Photo. Allister Hughes Elected Pres. Huron -Bruce P.C. Association Allister Hughes, veteran ex- ecutive member of the Huron - Bruce Progressive Conservative Association was elected as its president at the annual meet- ing of the association, held in the Wingham town hall. Mr. Hughes succeeds Lloyd Jasper, of Carrick Township, who has held the post for several years. Mr. Jasper remains on the ex- ecutive in his capacity as im- mediate past president. Elect- ed first vice president was De- Witt Miller of Wingham; second vice president, Lloyd Ackert of Holyrood; secretary, Mrs. Jack Lloyd, Wingham; treasurer, Barry Wenger, Wingham. The election also included the naming of a six -member board of directors three from Bruce and three from Huron. They are Ed. Powell, George McCutcheon and Vaughan Doug- las from Huron and Thomsa Mc- Afee, Jim Needham and Bruce Keith from Bruce. The decision to add the six directors to the executive came early in the meeting, after it had been pointed out by sever- al speakers that a larger execu- tive group would tend to con- tribute more ideas and better Forty Soldiers: One Paper Mrs. Robert Chettleburgh of Wingham recently received an interesting letter from her bro- Injuries Treated in London Patricia Jamieson, riine- year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Jamieson of Brus- sels, was taken to a London hospital on Monday afternoon following a two -car crash on County Road 12, a mile and a Slippery Intersections- * Rash of Car Accidents Wingham police officers have been kept on the jump for the past week investigating a ash of minor accidents, all of which occurred at intersections within the town. Icy street surfaces and in some cases in- tersections where vision is ob- scured by heaps of snow, have been responsible for the colli- sions, and in most cases no charges have been laid, since drivers were making every ef- fort to obey the traffic regula- tions. Fortunately there were no injuries in these collisions. Chief Jim Miller reports that there have been 16 accidents in the town so far this month, compared with three during the same period last year. Eleven of these have been reportable accidents, and there were only 18 accidents in the same class- ification for the entire year in 1962. Shortly after noon on Thurs- day cars driven by Mrs. Keith Moffatt, Leopold St., Wingham and Donald McFarlane, R, R. 1, Holyrood, collided at the cor- ner of Leopold and Patrick Streets. Damage to the two cars amounted to about $225. Const. Ted Whitby investigated. At 11:30 Friday morning a 1959 Chevrolet driven by Wil- liam James Stapleton of Wing - ham and a 1962 Valiant driven by Bruce St. George, also of Wingham, were involved in a collision at the intersection of Patrick and Frances and Cather- ine Streets. Damage to the Stapleton car amounted to ap- proximately $150 and about $250 to the St. George vehicle. On Friday afternoon a 1962 Oldsmobile driven by E. H. whipTruax of Walkerton and a 1952 +GMC truck owned by Pattison Radio and Electric and driven by William Hogg collided at the corner of Minnie and John Streets. Damage to the truck was negligible. The car suffer - cd about $90 damage. A 1962 Ford driven by Wil- liam Rae of Hanover and a 1963 Pontiac driven by Mrs. Don Kennedy of Wingham col- lided at the corner of Patrick and Catherine Streets on Sun- day, resulting in approximately $100 damage to each vehicle. Chief Jim Miller investiga- ted the last three mishaps. Fire Destroys District Barns Two costly fires, both of un- known origin, destroyed barns in the Wingham area within the past week. The first blaze occurred in a broiler barn owned by Alex Sto- larski just north of the Royal T on Wingham's outskirts. The alarm was turned in about 2:15 Thursday morning. The build- ing, a former barn, had been converted into a broiler house with a capacity of about 10,000 birds. Fortunately, the broilers had been shipped out only the week previously, so that the loss was confined to the building and equipment. Mr. Stolarski, who operates the service station at the Royal T, says that his loss will be a heavy one, as insur- ance will not cover a very high percentage. The Wingham Fire Depart- ment answered the call in a blinding snow storm but the fire had progressed to such a degree that it was found impos- sible to do more than protect the nearby buildings. SECOND LOSS The other fire, which broke out about 12:30, Sunday mom- ing, means a drastic loss for the owner, Earl Weitz. Snow in the farm lane prevented the Wingham brigade from getting to the building, which was to- tally destroyed, along with several cattle, pigs, chickens and the feed grain. Mr. Weitz, who lives on the 6th concession of Turnberry Township, lost a barn on the same site less than a year ago with a heavy loss. The origin- al barn on the Weitz farrn was destroyed in a fire caused by lightning about five years ago. half north of Brussels. The girl received severe lacerations to her forehead, requiring 45 stitches. Involved in the accident was a truck, driven by Clifford Marks, 60, of near Brussels, which was proceeding north, and the Jamieson car, driven by Ronald Jamieson. Marks was treated for a fractured nose, broken ribs and lacerations to his forehead and left knee. Jamieson suffered lacerations to his left elbow, right knee and hand and a sprained right foot. Both were released from the Wingham Hospital the same day. Damage to the truck amount- ed to about $150 and the car was damaged to the extent of $700. Charges are pending. Const - Local Rinks Top Bonspiel Two local rinks, one skipped by Murray Rae and the other by Bob Hetherington, were top teams in the two -draw Western Foundry bonspiel played at the local curling rink Wednesday last. The Rae rink won the Western Foundry Trophy with three wins and a plus of nine in the second draw. Bob Hether- ington's foursome won the early draw with a three and five count. Playing with Rae were Tom Currie as vice, Dick Le - Van, second and Phil Lamantia of Toronto as lead. Hethering- ton's rink included Warren Cal- lan, vice, Harry Spry, second and John Cruickshank as lead. The 'spiel was filled to capa- city with rinks from Gorrie, Elmira, Teeswater, Elora, Walkerton, Chesley, Belgrave, Paisley and Wingham. Runner up in the first draw was Len Schmidt of Walkerton 'with two wins and a plus of 11, third place going to Norm Rin- toul of Wingham with two and nine. Consolation went to Jack Bowman of Brussels with one and four. In the second draw Jim Coul- tes, Belgrave, had two wins plus 15 for second prize. Tam- my Stevenson of Chesley cop- ped third with two wins plus 14, John Bateson's foursome won the consolation with one and five. A special prize was given to Bob Yeggley of New York City, for coming the farthest. He played on the Jim Currie rink. The popular bonspiel once again brought together old friends from many centres, and provid- ed an excellent day's curling and fellowship. able John Parkinson of the Wing - ham detachment, O.P.P. in- vestigated. Bishop Appleyard Confirms Class Rt. Rev, H. F. Appleyard, D.D., Bishop of the Georgian Bay, conferred the rite of con- firmation on a class of 12 can- didates in St. Paul's Anglican Church on Sunday morning. Members of the confirmation class were James Hayes, Brian Cronkwright, Robert Johnston, George Rueger, John Coffin, James Douglas, David Hart, Edith Austin, Mary Lee Wenger, Dianne Grove, Melanie Harris and Verna Hunter. The candi- dates were presented to the bishop for the laying on of hands by the Rector of St. Paul's, Rev. C. F. Johnson and David Wenger acted as staff - bearer. During the service the sen- ior choir sang the anthem" The Heart of God", Miss Barbara Hall taking the solo, part. Joe Ellacott took the solo lead in "Temple of God's Holy Spirit". For his sermon Bishop Apple - yard referred to the fact that Choristers Elect Officers, Leaders There were 34 men out for the rehearsal of the Barber Shop Chorus at the town hall on Wed- nesday evening of last week, seven of them new members. Total membership now stands at 39. Officers have been named for the group as follows: Presi- dent, George Henderson; vice- president, Gordon Leggatt; treasurer, Roy Bennett; secre- tary, George Richardson; musi- cal directors, Hap Swatridge, William Conron. Section lea- ders: Tenor, Les Reynolds, captain, Fred Steinmetz, assis- tant; lead, Crawford Douglas, captain, Harry McArthur, Asst ; baritone, William Connell, captain, Gordon Leggatt, asst.; bass, Russell Zurbrigg, cap- tain, Thomas Jardin, asst. It was decided that practice will be held once a month for hymn singing only. The group appeared on Sing Time over CKNX on Sunday afternoon and did a very creditable job. ther in London. The latter is a member of the Canadian Army and has just returned from a tour of duty in the Mid- dle East. One of his anecdotes illus- trates how small our world has become. He said that early in December he and 39 other soldiers went aboard an RCAF North Star aircraft for a trans- port flight from an airport in Egypt, bound for Athens, Greece. Before long there was a bit of beefing from the boys, who couldn't find a thing to read in the entire plane. Suddenly, however, one of the soldiers found a newspaper and during the flight it was read from front to back by each of the 40 men. It develops that the paper was a copy of The Wingham Advance -Times, printed in two colors, and relating the details of a change -over in its own methods of reproduction, which, of course, was our is- sue of November 14th, 1962. What intrigues us now is which one of the district sold- iers serving in the European or Middle East areas left that pa- per behind when he disembark- ed from a previous flight? St. Paul was the first of the apostles to carry the Gospel to the gentiles. The speaker ex- plained that though gentiles were free to join the Jewish church, they were expected to become Jews before they, did so. St. Paul's mission to the gentiles, on the contrary, Please turn to Page 12 90th Birthday One of Wingham's oldest citizens, Mrs. Jennie Currie, celebrated her 90th birthday on Saturday, January 26th, with members of her immediate family, at the home of her son, T. A. Currie, Centre Street. During the day, friends and relatives called to offer con- gratulations. DAUGHTER GETS THE BOOK — J. H. Crawford, Wingham, has served the Huron - Bruce Progressive Conservative Association for 25 years as secretary - treasurer. Last Friday evening he handed over the records to his daughter, Mrs. J. Lloyd, who was elected secretary upon her father's retirement. With them is George McCutcheon, of Brussels, PC candidate in the recent by election.— A-T Photo. contact with members of the association in outlying munici- palities. President Jasper pre- sided until the new officers were elected, at which time DeWitt Miller took the chair, in the absence of the new presi- dent, Mr. Hughes, who was snowbound at his home near Holyrood. MINISTER MISSING All arrangements had been made to have Hon. Bryan Cath- cart, provincial minister of travel and publicity, address the gathering on Friday evening, but he expressed his regrets in a telegram. Bad driving con- ditions were responsible for his absence. Appreciation was expressed to retiring secretary -treasurer J. H. Crawford of Wingham, who has held that post for 25 years. DeWitt Miller said he had had the pleasure of attending the opening of the Legislature late in the year and he was deeply impressed by the sin- cerity and dedication of Prem- ier Robarts and his cabinet members. He pointed out the vigorous program of legislation which these men have intro- duced. George McCutcheon of Brus- sels, Progressive Conservative candidate in the October by- election, expressed his thanks to all present for the loyal sup- port of the association during the campaign and also referred to his confidence in the promis- ing future of the Robartsgovern- ment. YOUNG PC ASSOC. Open discussion took place on various means by which in- terest in the association might be further stimulated, several speakers referring to the need for a Young Progressive Conser- vative Association within the riding. Lloyd Ackert expressed the general feeling when he said, "We want our young peo- ple to be interested—not merely because they will become Pro- gressive Conservatives, but in order to make them better citi- zens." It was agreed that the execu- tive should meet as soon as possible and work out the de- tails of contacts through which the young people can be reach- ed. Following the general meet- ing the executive members who were present appointed dele- gates to the annual meeting of the Ontario PC Association which will be held in Toronto in February. They will be: Thomas McAfee, DeWitt Miller, Mrs. J. Lloyd, Allister Hughes; alternates, Lloyd Ackert, Barry Bolger, John V. Fischer, and Mrs. Harvey Fischer. George McCutcheon, the candidate in the last election, is automati- cally a delegate. Any member of the associa- tion may attend the Toronto convention, but only the dele- gates will have voting privile- ges. George Allen on World Cruise George R. Allen sailed Janu- ary 20th from San Fransico on the SS Orsova P&O Orient Lines on a world cruise. He will spend ten days in Australia, a day in Columbo, Ceylon, a day in Bombay, In- dia, and two days in Egypt. Ile goes from Egypt to Istanbul, Turkey, and then through the Mediterranean to Marseilles, France and Barcelona, Spain, and then through the Straits of Gilbraltor to London, England. He will arrive in England around the end of March and will spend some time there be- fore returning home.