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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1963-02-28, Page 11 Mtw ingbam WINGHAM AND DrsTRIICT HOSP. Auxiliary to Take on New Service Role On February 13, the Ladies' Auxiliary to the Wingham and District Hospital appointed a committee to meet with the hospital administratrix for the purpose of discussing possible new activities which might be taken on by the Auxiliary in place of most of the sewing which was formerly done by Auxiliary groups. (Only special- ized forms of sewing are now required and three groups are continuing to handle this.) The committee members are: Mrs. J. W. English, Mrs. W. Murch- ison and Mrs. W.B. Cruikshank. On Wednesday afternoon, Feb- ruary 20, this committee met with Mrs. I. E. Morrey at the hospital, The possibility of craft groups among Auxiliary mem- bers was disucssed, and the committee was shown a selec- tion of gift shop items, bazaar novelties and tray favours which had been made by the hospital trainees. A number of new committees were proposed and some of the services each might render were outlined. Ways were suggested by which Auxiliary members might become better acquainted with the routine functioning of the hospital. Other matters dis- cussed, included: the best day and place for Auxiliary meet- ings, the possibility of an Auxil- iary uniform for committees working in the hospital, propos- als concerning the coming visit to the Auxiliary of Mrs. W. Sheridan, president of the Wo- men's Hospital Auxiliaries As- sociation of Ontario, and the possibility of Auxiliary help at 1 next nurses' graduation in The committee's attention was drawn to a brief from the Ontario Hospital Association on the status of hospital auxiliaries, and it was decided that mimeo- aphed copies would be made available for distribution at the next meeting of the Auxiliary. The committee toured sever- al areas of the hospital and were shown some of the new equipment and items of hospital maintenance. The committee feels that a ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By The Pedestrian BETTER STAY HOME -- The sad experience of the past week certainly indicates that those who don't hake to be on the roads in stormy weather should stay at home. From Wednesday to Saturday no less than 33 vehicles were seriously damaged in this immediate area. Fortunately only one person of those involved was seriously injured, which seems all but miraculous. Lack of visibility was the prime cause of the accidents. 0--0--0 ALL STEAMED UP— The firemen made a rush call to the home of John Walk- er in the north end of the town on Tuesday morning when neighbors saw what they thought was smoke pouring from the roof. When the fire-eaters ar- rived they found no one at home, forced an entry and then discovered that the"smoke' was steam produced by bright sunlight on the frosty roof. 0--0--0 Q?ET—SO FAR— ' To date there has been little election activity in this section of the country, no. doubt because of the heavy winter weather. Enumerators c-?mPleted their work at the ` of the week and the voters' lists are now in the hands of the printers, and the check lists are posted in each of the poll- ing olling sub -divisions. Better see that your name is listed. wide variety of talents and in- terests can be used in the activi- ties ctivities which have been suggested. The coming meeting of the Auxiliary will be a very impor- tant one as many decisions will have to be trade. Members are urged to be present and all interested ladies from the hos- pital district will be very wel- come. Marvin Howe P.C. Candidate Marvin Howe, who thisyear celebrates his tenth year as member for the federal seat for Wellington -Huron, was ac- claimed candidate last week. The acclamation came when Mr. Howe was the only man nominated by the Progressive Conservatives at their meeting in Harriston. About 150 attend- ed. Mr. Howe, a merchant in Arthur, successfully contested the riding in 1953, 1957, 1958 and in 1962. Labor Minister Starr, said that "John Diefenbaker has done more for the people of Canada than any other prime minister in the history of Canada." He said that the opposition had ac- cused the government of no business in the house but that the opposition had talked out 31 pieces of legislature in the past year. Mr. Starr mentioned that the 1958 landslide was a "once in a life -time deal" and that this election must be won consti- tuency by constituency on the local level. The speaker was introduced by Marvin Howe and thanked by Eric Winkler of Hanover, P.C. candidate for Huron -Bruce rid- ing. Fraser Smith of Arthur was elected president of the Progres- sive Conservative Association with Elmer Matthews of Fergus and DeWitt Miller, Wingham as vice-presidents. Roy Grant, Q.C. of Mount Forest is secre- tary -treasurer. County Will Build Bridge Reeve A.D. Smith of Turn - berry Township has received word that the County of Huron Highways Department will build a new bridge on County Road No. '7, on the 9th con- cession of Turnberry this year. The boundary road between Howick and Turnberry Town- ships will also receive a hard- top surface from Belmore to Lane's School, a distance of two and.a half miles. Wingham, Ontario, Thursday, Feb, 28, 1963 not4imet Single Copy Not Over Ten Cents THE JUNIOR CHOIR at the high school performed well at the school's annual variety concert in the high school audi- torium on Thursday and Monday even- ings. Crowds were good even though the weather was poor and the sched- uled Friday night show was moved to Monday evening. The concert is now one of the main points of public interest during the school year.—Connell Photo. BELGRAVE BLYTH BIT 15 BAD Accidents by t Storm -Swept Hi e Dozen on hways The stretch of No. 4 High- way between Belgrave and Blyth appears to be one of the most hazardous in the area when winter driving conditions are extreme. Several thou- sands of dollars in property damage was caused in a series of accidents on Wednesday and Thursday, of last week. One of these occurred on Wednesday when a car owned and driven by Albert Green- away of Hanover was struck by a Johnston Bros. transport truck out of Milton and driven by Ronald Fatt of Guelph. Moments later the transport was struck from the rear by another truck owned by the same trans- port company and driven by Arthur Crawford of Brampton. The same day a smallSimca car driven by Mary Wightman of Blyth became stuck in a snow drift a mile and a half north of that village. The driver left the car and proceed- ed on foot to find assistance. While she was away her car was struck by a Hutton Trans- port vehicle driven by Harold Alexander of Pinkerton. Find- ing no one in the car the truck- er got back into his vehicle and started on down the highway. He had gone only a few hund- red feet when his truck struck another car, this time a 1959 Zephyr owned by Lloyd Glou- sher of Blyth. This car was towed into the village by the transport. In the interval a Brindley PUBLIC SPEAKING TROPHIES—Pictured here are two of the trophies which will be awarded at the Royal Canadian Legion's public speaking contest to be held in the WDHS auditorium on Saturday evening. The trophy on the left is donated by John Pattison for the winner of the Junior Public School class. The one on the right is donated by The Wingham Advance -Times for the winner of the Junior High School class. Two other trophies donated by R. S. Hetherington and br. W. A. McKibbon were not available when the picture was taken. They will be awarded for Senior High School and Senior Public School. The Legion is do- nating the prizes in each division.--A-T photo. Transport truck driven by El- wood Atkinson of Goderich rammed the Simca car, the same vehicle which had been hit a short time before by the Hutton truck. On the same afternoon and in the same stretch of highway a car owned by Jack Scruton of Clinton and driven by Edward Scruton of Goderich struck the rear end of another car, in- flicting about $200 damage. OTHER ACCIDENTS On Tuesday a 1962 Mercury car owned and driven by Gor- don Adams of Wroxeter and a tractor driven by Ronald Mc- Michael tangled a short dis- tance west of that village on Highway 87. The operator of the tractor started to swing onto the shoulder of the road and as he did so the edge of the pave- ment apparently snapped the front wheels around and the tractor cut sharply across the road, colliding with the car. Damage amounted to about $600 to both vehicles. On Thursday a 1961 Meteor, owned by the Haldon Leasing Co. , of London, and driven by John Coleman of that city be- came snowbound north of Blyth, where it was struck from the rear by a car driven by Thomas Darby of Brantford, Total damage of $700 to $800 result- ed. Miss Elaine Evans, of Brant- ford, a teacher in Culross Town ship underwent a frightening experience on Friday afternoon when the 1961 Austin car she was driving went out of control on No. 86 Highway about two miles west of Molesworth. The car mounted a snowdrift at the side of the road, toppled over and landed on its top. The driver was not injured and dam- age to the car was light. The above accidents were investigated by Const. Murray Fridenburg of the Wingham O. P. P, and fortunately no ser- ious personal injuries were caused. FURTHER DAMAGE Five vehicles were involved in a pile-up two miles north of Blyth Thursday noon. A truck tractor driven by Clarence H, Derbecker of Wingham became snowbound in a drift and was struck by a car driven by Henry P. Lohr of Fordwich, which was northbound. A car driven by R, J, Hodkinson of London, also northbound struck the Lohr car and drove it into collision with the tractor a second time. Moments later a tractor trailer truck driven by Atthur W. Thompson of Woodstock swung out to avoid the pile-up and struck the fender of the Der- becker tractor. To complete the mess a car driven by W.J. Randall of Oil Springs piled into the Hodkinson car. Investigation was carried out by Const. Ronald Bell of the Wingham O.P.P. and there were no serious injuries, though property damage ran into hund- reds of dollars. At 1 o'clock the same day Const. Bell was back in the same area to investigate an- other accident, this time two and a half miles south of Bel - grave. A Dodge station wagon owned and driven by Jeff Haw- kins of Walkerton, which had been southbound on No. 4 Highway, was stuck in a snow - bank when it was struck from the rear by a car driven by Wil- mer ilmer A. Nuhn of Gorrie. After the two cars had been separated a Lockridge Transport from Wingham and driven by John G. Fisher hit the rear of the damaged station wagon. The latter vehicle is considered a total loss. There were no per- sonal injuries. Another accident investigat- ed by Const. Bell occurred at 8:30 a.m. Saturday two and a half miles south of Wingham when Mel Mathers of R. R. 4, Wingham, was southbound on No. 4 Highway. As he attemp- ted to make a left turn his car was struck by one driven by Charles Lee of Wingham. Mathers received cuts about •the head and property damage to the two vehicles amounted to about $800. HITS TRACTOR Last Wednesday Const. Jack Parkinson of the Wingham OPP investigated a crash south of Belgrave which occurred at 10:30 a.m. William Saunders of R. R. 4, Brussels, was using a tractor to pull a snowbound car free. The car was driven by E.C. Collins of Oakville. A second car, driven by A.E. Strong of Owen Sound struck the tractor and was damaged to the extent of about $800. No one was hurt. At 11:45 the same morning an accident occurred on the centre sideroad south of Blue - vale when cars driven by Robert C. Mathers and James H. Shaw, ipth of R. R. 2, Bluevale met head-on. Fortunately there were no injuries but damage amounted to about $800. Const. Parkinson investigated. At 4:30 Wednesday a mis- hap took place south of BeI- more when a car driven by El- wood Fitch of R,R. 1, Wrox- eter, struck the rear of a trail er being towed by an Ontario Belgrave Starts Planning for New Arena Building George Allen In Bombay George R. Allen is thorough- ly enjoying his world cruise. The last letter Mrs. John W. Hanna received from him was written at Bombay, India. While at the Fiji Islands his ship was docked beside the royal yacht when Queen Eliza- beth and Prince Philip were visiting there. Mr. Allen has spent some time with friends in Australia and was impressed with the country. —Miss Luella Simmons of Huronview visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Lloyd Mont- gomery over the week -end and attended the funeral of the late Mrs. Martha Warwick, on Mon- day, before returning back to Huronview. BELGRAVE—A public meet- ing was held in the Council Chambers of the community centre on Monday. Roy Patti- son was chairman for the meet- ing. eeting. After the minutes of previous meetings concerning the arena, a discussion was held as to the best building to put up. A committee of Stan Hopper, Mason Robinson, Bob Coultes, Norman Cook were named to go to London and see various arenas. William Coultes, Gordon Pengelly and Albert Bieman were named to see the agricultural engineer at Strat- ford in regard to plans for a new building. Mrs. Ted Fear, John Nixon and Lewis Cook were named a committee to start fund raising. The meeting adjourned to meet again in two weeks time, oh March 11 and at that time it is hoped all the people in the community will attend. Entries Coming in for Saturday Contest Entries from pupils of sever- al schools in this area have been received by the Royal Canadian Legion for its first public speaking contest, slated for the auditorium of the Wing - ham District High School at 7:30 Saturday evening. It is expected that there will be about 15 contestants. The speakers will be classed in four groups, senior high school, junior high school, senior public school and junior public school. The contes- tants have selected their topics from a list of about 20 subjects. Trophies will be awarded in each class, which will be held by the winners for one year, until next year's competition. Each winner of first, second and third place will receive prizes which have been provid- ed by the Legion. Winners of the local com- petition will go on to compete in the zone trials, from which entries will be decided for eventual provincial competi- tion. Speakers in the local event will be allotted five minutes in the public school classifica- tions and 7 to 10 minutes in the high school divisions. Members of the public are not only invited to attend the contest on Saturday evening — they are urged to be on hand and so support this very com- mendable effort of the Royal Canadian Legion to foster the development of capable speak- ers and good citizens. Hydro truck driven by Gerry V. Lavergne of Wingham. Dam- age to the car amounted to about $500, Const. Parkinson investigated. Bill Tilden New Candidate For Liberals William Tilden, Minto Township farmer, will contest the Wellington -Huron seat in the federal election, April 8. He was chorm Thursday night as the Liberal candidate, at the meeting in Harriston. Mr. Tilden defeated K.A. Hammond of Moorefield and A. Graham Ferguson of Fergus. Arnold Darroch of Clifford and Fred Beck declined nomina- tions. A former reeve of Minto Township, Mr. Tilden was also warden of Wellington County in 1952. He is a for- mer president of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture, and said that he would strive for better agricultural policy and improved trade with other countries if elected. Miss Judy LaMarsh, MP for Niagara Falls in the last House, was the guest speaker. At the Hospital Patients admitted to Wing - ham and District Hospital dur- ing the week, were from: Bel - grave 2; Brussels 1; Lucknow 4; Teeswater 3; Wingham 7; Ottawa 1; Ashfield Twp. 3; Culross Twp. 9; Grey Twp. 2; Howick Twp. 2; Kinloss Twp. 2; Morris Twp. 5; Turnberry Twp. 1; E. Wawanosh Twp. 1; Total 43.