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.WINGHAM WELCOMES THE 1963
LEGION CONTEST WINNERS—Here are the four trophy
winners who emerged at the Royal Canadian Legion's pub-
lic speaking competition in the high school on Saturday
evening. From the left: Ellen Cruickshank, winner of the
Junior Elementary Class and the John Pattison Trophy;
Mary Ahara, winner of the Senior Elementary Class, and
the Dr. W. A. McKibbon Trophy; Peter -John Pace, who took
first place in the Junior High School Class and won The
Wingham Advance -Times Trophy; and Anne Wightman,
first in the Senior High School Trophy and the R. S. Heth-
erington Trophy.—Photo by Connell.
Show Will Include Drama Festival
On Friday Evening-- Ladies' Features
The Huron County Soil and
Crop Association will hold its
annual Seed Fair in Wingham
on Friday and Saturday. It will
be the first time the fair has
been held here in its seventeen-
year history.
There are seventeen classes,
and exhibits will be received
at the W.D.H.S. auditorium
from 4 p.m. to 5 on Friday.
Judging will commence at
five o'clock.
DRAMA FESTIVAL
The Huron County Junior
Farmers will hold a drama fes-
tival at 8 p.m. Friday. There
are three clubs competing.
North Huron, South Huron and
Seaforth Junior Farmers will
each present a one -act play
and there will be additional
entertainment.
Admission for the drama
festival will be 50¢. Tickets
ALONG THE MAIN DRAG
By The Pedestrian
SURE FEELS GOOD—
After what seems like 12
* ionths of stormy, freezing
1reather the touch of spring we
have experienced this week
seemed too good to be true.
However, it is too soon to
count our spring chickens. Fly-
ing over Lake Huron ten days
To we observed that it was
frozen solidly from one side to
the other—and we never do get
warm weather until all that
lake ice has melted. And it
will take a good many weeks
to melt the 10 and 12 -foot
snowbanks along the country
roads.
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NOT TRUE—
There have been rumors
abroad that county council has
appointed a new director for
its emergency measures opera-
tion. Word from the clerk in
Goderich indicates that no ap-
pointment has been made as
yet—but it is expected that the
decision will be made later
today.
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MAN ARRESTED
At ten o'clock Sunday eve-
ning Charles Gray of Ethel in-
formed police that his car had
been stolen, forty-five minutes
later it had been recovered un-
damaged in Grey Township and
Larry Tabor of R.R. 3, Listowel
was arrested at the wheel after
a chase. Constable Ron Bell of
the Wingham OPP was the ar-
resting officer.
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TAKE A BOW, KIDS—
We heard some fine compli-
ments about the young people
who attend the Teen -Town
dances, while speaking to Mrs.
Len ehillips, who was one of
the chaperones last Friday night.
She remarked that everyone
t hp -e was well behaved and
annerly, and that they all
seemed to have a wonderful
time. Nice to hear, isn't it?
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WILL CAMPAIGN—
Voters in the riding of Bruce,
i; ave an independent can -
date on their ballots next
month. The candidate is Dr.
Alex Scarrow of Southampton,
and according to his publicity,
he will campaign on a "No A -
arms for Canada" platform.
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Public Sp
Over 200 people gathered at
the auditorium of the Wingham
District High School on Satur-
day evening to hear the contes-
tants in the Legion public
speaking contest.
Winners in the various class
es were: Senior High School,
first, Anne Wightman, WDHS,
who spoke on "What about
Grade 13". In second place
was Richard Stanley, of the
Ripley High School, speaking
on "Nuclear -Electric Power".
First in the Junior High
School class was Peter -John
Pace of the WDHS, whose sub-
ject was "Canada's Role in the
Common Market". In second
place was Jim Emmerton of
Ripley and his topic was " The
Last Half of the 20th Century—
Problems and Benefits". Third,
Brian Hogg, WDHS, "Electric-
ity—Symbol of Progress".
Top winner in the Senior
Elementary Class was Mary
Ahara of the Wingham Public
School, who spoke on "My
Dreams of the Future". Plac-
s for Legi
Baking Co
ing second, Lynda Reavie, of
the same school, spoke on " The
Trans -Canada Highway". In
third place was Betty Hether-
ington of the Turnberry Cen-
tral School, who chose the
mpetition
on's First
A -T Ad Brings
Call from Reader
In San Francisco
Jerry Walters of the Paul
Starr Real Estate Company re-
ports that he had a long dis-
tance phone call from a lady
in San Francisco, inquiring
about a house listed for sale in
The Wingham Advance -Times.
The Wingham office of the
Starr company has sold Earl
Hamilton's former home to
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Jenkins.
Colin Blair, who moved from
Preston two months ago, and
is now employed with the
P.U.C. , has purchased the
Ephriam Parish home.
topic, "Interprovincial Visits
for Students".
Winning the trophy in the
Junior Elementary Class was
Ellen Cruickshank of the Wing -
ham Public School, who spoke
on the subject "The Satelite
Called Telstar". In second
place was Barbara White of the
Wingham Separate School
speaking on " The Trans -Cana-
da Highway". Donna Hardy of
Wingham Public School was
third, speaking on "The Use of
Dictionaries".
FIRST YEAR
!sThe competition, which was
ponsored by the Wingham
Branch 180 of the Royal Cana-
dian Legion, is a regular fea-
ture of Legion work in many
centres, but was being present-
ed here for the first time. The
winners of the various classes
'here will compete in zone
trials at Goderich the latter
part of this month and the
competition will move up
See Page 8, Section One.
Council to Engage
Third Pollee Officer
At the regular March meet-
ing of the Wingham town coun-
cil on Monday evening it was
decided to attempt to obtain a
third constable to augment the
present two-man force.
Councillor Donald Nasmith,
chairman of the police com-
mittee, stated that a study had
been made of police conditions.
He said that the present force
comprised of Chief James Mil-
ler and Constable William
Wait is working six-day weeks
on nine -hour shifts. This
leaves periods during the day
when no one is on duty, the
councillor said. A third man
would provide extra protection
for the community and provide
better working hours for the
other two men. Part-time duty
by Ted Whitby could be cut.
He recommended that the
council proceed to obtain a
third man and council agreed
to the proposal.
Reeve Roy Adair, chairman
of the public works committee,
was not present, but council
discussed plans for the year's
street work. It was tentatively
agreed that the section of
Catherine St. from Victoria St.
to `Diagonal Road should be re-
constructed and paved and that
work should start on widening
and resurfacing of John Street
from Josephine Street east.
Councillors Cruickshank and
Buchanan were appointed as
representatives to the Mid -
Western Development Assoica-
tion.
NO REC. DIRECTOR
Councillor Alan Williams
reported on a meeting which
had been held by the Recrea-
tion Commission to gain infor-
mation regarding a full-time
recreation director. Council-
lor Cruickshank said -he thought
the town should have one, but
See Page 8, Section One.
Belmore Skating Club Is Top
Attraction at Ice Carnival
Several numbers by mem-
bers of the Belmore Girls' Fig-
ure Skating Club highlighted
the annual ice carnival in the
community centre in that vil-
lage on Friday evening, The
show was presented before a
good crowd, One of the club's
outstanding numbers was a
cleverly -executed square
dance on skates. The other
26 numbers had about 18 en-
tries each.
The winners were Thomas
Friendship, 73, and his sister,
Mrs. Chapman of Teeswater,
the oldest couple; Mr. and Mrs
Jack Inglis, Lakelet and their
five children, the largest fam-
ily on skates; William Jeffray,
best clown and Glenn Jeffray,
3, the youngest child unassis-
ted on skates.
Pre-school boy and girl
prizes went to Connie McGlynn,
Teeswater, and William King,
Brussels; nursery rhyme contest,
Bobby Gibson; national cos-
tume, Ruth Hayes; girls cos-
tume, 6-12, Ronald Sillick,
Teeswater; lady's fancy cos-
tume, Mrs, Carl Douglas; best
dressed man, Warren Zurbrigg,
Fordwich and hard -time cos-
tume, Elmer Jeffray.
BARBER SHOP SINGERS
NOW "HARMONY MEN"
The Wingham barber shop
chorus met as usual on Febru-
ary 20, at the town hall, Liter-
ally dozens of names had been
submitted and these were nar-
rowed down to a half a dozen
by the group's executive.
After a vote the name, "Har-
mony Men" was the winner.
Plans were made for Sing Time
(February 24) and the rest of
the time was spent in earnest
practice for this program. El-
don McGregor of Sarnia was
present and signed up 20 of the
singers as associate members of
SPEBSQSA. Mr. McGregor is
area counsellor for this very
large organization.
At the regular meeting(Feb-
ruary 27) one new member was
welcomed and he was soon put
to work in the proper section.
The "Starter Kits" were distri-
buted and the new music was
Welcome, judging by the en-
thusiasm shown. The "Mid-
towners", a visiting quartette
from Kitchener, sang several
numbers which were well done
and well received. Rod Mac-
Kenzie then directed the Har-
mony Men through several new
numbers and the expert direc-
tion was appreciated.
The business period was
chaired by Vice-president, G.
Leggatt, assisted by treasurer,
Roy Bennett. It was felt a
good job was done on Sing
Time (February 24), and March
31 would be the next appear-
ance on the programme.
The Kitchener quartette in-
cluded; Pere Krotz, tenor;
Dave Litwiller, lead; Rod Mac-
kenzie, baritone; Eric Camp -
lin, bass. The practice was
formally closed and twenty
singers re -located in a nearby
restaurant for the usual coffee.
The inevitable happened as they
burst into song and the patrons
were treated to an impromptu
concert.
The group is still looking
for about 20 men who like to
sing and the welcome mat is
out for those who have yet to
experience Barber Shop Har-
mony and the wonderful fellow-
ship. Wednesday night, town
hall, 8:15 p.m.
THE BELMORE ICE CARNIVAL last Fri-
day evening was a successful event, with
good costumes and top-notch skating.
Taking part in the senior demonstration
of figure skating were there three lass-
ies. They are, from the left, Cheryl Hask-
ins, Phyllis McKague and Connie Cam-
eron.—Photo by Cantelon.
may be purchased from Junior
Farmers in advance, or at the
door. Proceeds from this event
will go to the Junior Farmers.
FULL, AFTERNOON
Saturday afternoon promises
to be interesting and profitable
to farmers, when several topics
will be covered. Speakers will
be Dave Pelleterio, U.C.O.,
Guelph; Vic Langton, ag. rep.
for Elgin County; Tom Brown,
agricultural engineer of Perth -
Huron and Russ Bradford, dairy
fieldman of Huron. There will
be two panels with Junior Far-
mers taking part and one for
farmers.
The ladies have not been
neglected in program planning,
While the men are discussing
and gaining information on
costs, storing of corn, beef
improvement, herbicides and
other important aspects of
farming, the ladies will attend
a demonstration in the school
cafeteria.
The Canada Department of
Agriculture and Schneiders of
Kitchener will co-operate when
143 pounds of meat will be used
to demonstrate cuts of meat
and the proper methods of cool-
ing them. Miss Isabelle Gil-
christ; home economist for
Huron will take part in the pro-
gram, which starts at 1:30 p. m.
There will be a skit by local
ladies and special draws will be
made.
The demonstration will be
of interest to all homemakers,
rural or urban. This is an ex -
I cellent opportunity to learn
more about purchasing meat
and preparing it for family
meals.
There is no admission to the
Seed Fair or for the ladies on
Saturday.
CONTRIBUTORS
The directors of the Soil and
Crop Improvement Association
appreciate very much the way
the merchants of Wingham and
the Wingham Lions Club have
supported them, and donated
special prizes.
Firms and businessmen who
have made contributions are
Hodgins -McDonald Lumber,
United Dairy and Poultry Co-
operative, Beaver Lumber Co. ,
Canadian Tire Store, CKNX,
McKibbons Drug Store, Jack
Alexander, Hayes Family
Clothing Store, Remington IGA,
Vance's Drug Store, Wingham
Advance -Times, Edighoffers
Ltd., Pattison Radio and Elec-
tric, Red Front Grocery, Cana-
da Packers Ltd., William El-
ston, Clare VanCamp, agent
for Pride Corn, Charles Tho-
mas, agent for Pioneer corn,
Hugh Campbell, agent for Sen -
ca corn.
Officers Elected
At Teen Town
New officers were elected at
the Teen Town dance at the
high school on Friday night,
Jim Nasmith and Daryl Gibson
are co -mayors for the year.
Others elected were Dianne
Deyell, reeve; Judy Callan,
secretary -treasurer; and coun-
cillors, Mary Lu Jamieson,
Helen Currie, Rae Gurney,
Tom Deyell, Torn Ellacott and
Robert Beattie.
Ex -Mayor Donnie Lee intro-
duced the new officers, who
had been elected by ballot.
Nominations were made at the
previous dance and as each per-
son
erson received an admission tick-
et on Friday night, he or she
was also presented with a bal-
lot.
Chaparones at the dance
were Mr. and Mrs. Len Phillips
and Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hender-
son.