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Wingham, Ontario, Thursday, March 21, 1963
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Santa Claus Leaves Car
in Lane at Nurse's Home
How would you feel if you
wakened one fine morning to
find a brand new car in your
driveway, containing a note
saying it was yours, along with
all the necessary papers to
prove it—and signed by Santa
Claus?
This was exactly what hap-
pened to Mrs. James Johnston,
who lives on the sixth conces-
sion of Turnberry Township and
who is a member of the nursing
staff at the Wingham and Dis-
trict Hospital.
Last Thursday evening when
Mr. Johnston was leaving his
home to take part in a game
of "broomball he noticed a new
car parked in their laneway.
He looked it over, and since
there were no keys in the igni-
tion he was unable to move it
out of his way. When he re-
turned from the game later in
the evening the car was still
there so he investigated further.
On the seat he found an envel-
ope and to his utter astonish-
ment he found it contained the
car's ownership card, made out
in the name of his wife, the
keys to the vehicle and a hand -
printed note which read:
"Mrs. Johnston—This car is
insured and is paid for, and it
is yours—so go ahead and drive
it. Yours truly. Santa Claus,
Miss Mary Skinn
To California
Miss Mary Skinn, Reg. N.,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
George Skinn of town, has ac -
p ed a nursing position at St.
"7;Uhn's Hospital, Santa Monica,
Calif.
Miss Skinn is a graduate of
St. Joseph's Hospital in Guelph
and for the past seven months
has been nursing at St. Mary's
/Vital, Montreal.
She spent a couple of weeks
at her home here, before leav-
ing for California.
ALONG THE MAIN DRAG
By The Pedestrian
COULD BE --
Mrs. Fred Templeman called
on Monday to say that she had
crocuses in bloom at her home,
the purple and orange shades
predominating. That's the sort
of news we like to hear.
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LOTS OF TROUBLE—
Measles, mumps, chicken
pox and flu are running ramp-
ant in this area. School at-
tendances have been drastically
cut, with literally hundreds of
youngsters away—and examina-
tions are already in progress at
the high school.
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BIRDS ARE BACK—
Several residents of the
Lakelet area saw a large flock
of Canada geese flying north on
Sunday. Ed Fielding of town
reports that a robin which
makes its home in his yard is
back in its old stamping ground.
Seems that birds aren't very
good weather prophets.
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A POOR WINTER—
Mrs. F. A. Parker, who
with her husband has been
wintering in Florida, says it
has been a poor winter there
but at its poorest, Florida wea-
s better than the ice and
snow of Huron County. How
truel
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FLU BUG STRIKES --
Mrs. Parker also said that
ac girding to Art Wilson, who
i.s,cently arrived, there
were 25 Winghamites at Day-
tona Beach. The Asian flu is
almost to the epedemic stage
there and we hope our Wing-
nam friends are steering clear
of it.
Ontario."
Mrs. Johnston said on Mon-
day she had no idea who the
donor was—so she was driving
the car and wondering whether
the family should celebrate
Christmas in March from now
on.
CAME TO WINGHAM IN 1908
Will Mark Diamond
Wedding Saturday
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Reid,
who have been residents of
Wingham for many years, will
celebrate their 60th wedding
anniversary on Saturday, when
they will be at home to their
many friends afternoon and eve-
ning.
The actual date was March.
25. The couple was married at
the home of the bride's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Murdoch Mac-
Lean at Ripley. The ceremony
was a double wedding, in
which Rev. F. J. Maxwell,
Presbyterian minister, also
married Mrs. Reid's sister,
Margaret to Malcolm McLeod.
Mr. and Mrs. Reid recall
that it was a lovely day and
most of the seeding had been
completed.
Mrs. McLeod died at an
early age, leaving a son, Roy.
He was raised by his aunt and
uncle, and is now living in
Pasedena.
CAME HERE IN 1908
Mr. and Mrs. Reid farmed
on the Durham Road for five
years, then moved to Wingham
in 1908. Alex operated a bus
business in town for 13 years.
When he first had the bus there
were 14 trains stopping in
Wingham each day.
In 1923 he accepted a posi-
tion with the British American
Oil Co. and was branch man-
ager until his retirement in
1958. Alex only served one
station pump when he started
with the company and sold
about 50 gallons of coal oil to
every gallon of gasoline. By
1958 he was servicing 26 sta-
tion pumps.
Mrs. Reid is a life member
of the United Church W.M.S.
and has served in all of the
church organizations. Mr.
Reid is an honorary member of
the United Church Board.
LODGE MEMBER
He has been an active mem-
ber of the lodges here for many
years. He is a life member of
Masonic Lodge A.F. & A.M.
No. 286, a life member of
Royal Arch Masonic Lodge 84
and a life member of the Cana-
dian Order of Foresters. He
has been through the chairs of
all three lodges twice.
Mrs. Reid is 78 and her
husband 86. They are both in
reasonably good health and are
still looking after their home
on Edward Street.
Their daughter, Tena, is•
married to Rev. J. C. Thomp-
son of London, Ontario, secre-
tary for the British and Foreign
Bible Society. There are five
grandchildren.
The couple has received
congratulations from the Prime
Minister.
MR. AND MRS. ALEX REID
MRS. JAMES JOHNSTON who lives on the 6th Concession
of Turnberry and nurses at the local hospital is shown
with the new car which was left in the family laneway
with a note to the effect that it was a present from
Santa Claus. Mrs. Johnston has no idea as to the iden-
tity of her benefactor.—A-T Photo.
Dairy rincess Competition Will Be
Highlight of 1963 Kinsmen Trade Fair
H.S. Board Meeting
Interchange Rooms
In School Addition
The March meeting of the
Wingham District High School
Board was held last Thursday
evening at the school, and was
a short session as the members
were faced with a small agenda.
Minutes and accounts received
approval.
Principal F. E. Madill re-
ported on attendance and stated
that the average for February
had been 716 pupils or 95.11 %
of enrolment.
The board approved the ap-
pointment of Miss Munro and
Mr. Campbell as co -heads of
the physical education depart-
ment.
The board also concurred
with a suggestion from the
principal that the music and
drafting rooms be interchanged
in the new wing. A letter
from the architects indicated
this would not affect the con-
tract price.
Acting Secretary William
Renwick reported that $21,000
in interim grants had been re-
ceived from the Department of
Education. It was pointed out
that these interim payments
will save a considerable amount
in bank interest.
The board agreed to accept
from the Department courtesy
signs to be placed on the build-
ing project indicating that it is
a joint federal -provincial tech-
nical and vocational training
project.
The board also saw, and
commented on a picture of a
piece of sculpture which the
architects will place in the
planter at the school entrance.
The resignation of a staff
member, Miss Zurbrigg, was
accepted by the board with re-
gret.
A letter from the fire mar-
shal's office was read in con-
nection with fire doors. The
problem had been inspected by
the local fire chief some time
ago and a copy of his report
will be forwarded to the mar-
shal.
James Currie, trade fair
chairman of the local Kinsmen
Club, announced to the mem-
bers on Monday evening that
arrangements had been com-
pleted to have the choosing of
the 1963 Dairy Princess for
Huron County take place at
this year's trade fair. Fair
dates are June 6,7 and 8.
Kin Jim explained to the
club that the fair will be con-
siderably larger this year, and
that the Dairy Princess contest
will be a real drawing card.
It will be the first time that
the Princess has been chosen at
an urban function. For the past
several years the contest has
been held in conjunction with
the Clinton spring fair. The
Dairy Princess Competition,
sponsored by the dairy producer
organizations in the county,
has always attracted consider-
able interest. The winner will
be crowned Huron County
Dairy Princess, and will then
move on to compete in the On-
tario finals at the Canadian
National Exhibition. Winner
at the CNE goes on the follow-
ing year to a national contest.
Kin Jim went on to tell the
club that Kin Mery Templeman
will be in charge of personnel
for the fair. He said that this
year's event would require a
considerable amount of extra
work and asked the members to
request non -kinsmen friends to
assist. The fair, he said, was
going to be bigger and better
and this was not a figment of
the imagination.
He outlined several other
items in the planning that are
nearing completion.
GUEST SPEAKER
Don Rennie, provincial field
commissioner for the Blue
Water Region of the Boy Scouts
Association, was guest speaker
at the meeting. He showed a
film strip regarding the organi-
zation of the Boy Scout move-
ment at the local level. The
main theme was the responsi-
bility of the sponsoring group.
Following the film, Mr.
Rennie discussed with the club
members local organizational
problems. In 1960 the Kins-
men Club had been listed as
the local sponsoring group.
However, it was pointed out by
SO YOU DON'T BELIEVE
IN THE "LITTLE PEOPLE"
Some youngsters take this
St. Patrick's Day stuff pretty
seriously.
Grade One youngsters at the
public school had been learn-
ing about many of the tales and
traditions which are associated
with life in the Emerald Isle.
When classes adjourned for the
recess period one of the first
graders happened to pass the
open door of a Grade Six room,
where the pupils had been mak-
ing little figures out of potatoes.
Colored a jaunty green, the
wee men were on display just
inside the entrance.
Taking one long and pop-
eyed look, the youngster out-
side the door hightailed it for
her own teacher to shriek out
the news that there were lepre-
chaun's
eprachaun's in the room down the
hall.
Harmony Men
The Harmony Men were
visited by another quartet from
Kitchener. They were Wayne
Brubacher, lead; Don Reitlt,
baritone; Cal Simpson, tenor
and Rod Alexander, Kass. They
sang several numbers.
Sam Gray of the London
Chapter was also a visitor. The
Have License
license for the Harmony Men
to operate as a chapter, has
been received.
The total membership now
stands at 52, with 36 paid up
members.
There was no meeting last
week because of bad weattier,
and no heat in the council
chambers.
several members that the club
had been ails -informed at the
time as to its responsibility. It
had accepted financial respon-
sibility for improving the old
C.P.R. station for use as a
Scout House, but had not felt
obligated in any other way.
The matter was left with
Mr. Rennie for further discus-
sion with the group committee
in charge of local Scout opera-
tions.
APARTMENT BUILDING
President Matt Boyd said
that there had been a number
of inquiries regarding the build-
ing of the senior citizens apart-
ment and the plan of action for
obtaining tenants. He said the
matter deserved clarification
and that a letter on the subject
would be published shortly in
the Advance -Times. He point-
ed out to the members that the
club had taken on the job of
making a necessary survey last
year, but Twin Pines Apart-
ments Limited were actually in
charge of erecting and adminis-
tering the building. He said it
is likely that the club will have
representation on the applicant
screening committee when it
is set up.
—Mrs. John Lorenz of Win-
nipeg spent last week with her
mother, Mrs. Fred MacLean
and visited with her father,
who is ill in hospital. Mr.
MacLean has been a patient
there for the past twelve days.
Student Teachers
At Public School
Students from Stratford
Teachers' College, teaching at
the public school this week are
Miss Mary Swan from St. Marys
and John Campbell from Glamis,
in Grade 5 for Mrs. Kaufman;
Miss Kathryn Simpson of Lis-
towel and Douglas Evans from
Stratford in Grade 1 and 2 for
Mrs. Wheeler; Miss Eleanor
Gray from Listowel and Mrs.
Pat Johnson from Stratford in
Grade 3 for Miss Joan Armitage;
William Keil from Gorrie and
Douglas Tanner from Walkerton
in Grades 7 and 8 for Mrs. Wil-
son.