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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1963-04-04, Page 1Van en co efirra FIRST SECTION Minor Hockey Association farmed to Improve Sport In an attempt to tie together the loose ends of the Minor Hockey set-up in town, a "Minor Hockey Association" has been established in Wingham, This is not an attempt to "take- over" minor hockey; nor is it a dig at the work of those who have been carrying on this work during the past few years. It is simply the co-ordination of the efforts of all interested; to give boys more hockey, and if poss- ible through this co-ordination, to produce better hockey. The "Minor Hockey Associa- tion" is strictly a volunteer or- ganization; hence there will be no extra cost in any form to the taxpayer. Any extras neces- sary—be it equipment, or what have you, will be financed by the Association. It is hoped the various organizations who have helped right along (Kins- men; Lions, Legion, Firemen and so on) will continue their valuable support. Also neces- sary is the backing of numer- ous individuals in town who have been so generous with their means and talents in times past; And, of course, the necessary co-operation of the Recreation Council. Who comprises the Associa- tion? Initially, the members were Murray Stainton; Johnny Crewson; Roly Kaufman; Ian MacLaurin; Mac Ritchie; Har- vey Fisher; Elwood Irwin; Helen Fleury; and Roger West. With the addition of such names as Jack Woods; Freddy Temple- man; Ted Elliott; Ted English; Dale Ewing -- we feel there is a strong working group. But by no means is it limited to those -eady mentioned. Any such rganization as this needs plenty of active members. Don't feel excluded if you haven't been contacted. It is difficult to find all those interested in Minor Hockey, so if you would lore to lend a hand, get in touch with any one of the exec- utive; President, Rodger West; secretary, Helen Fleury; and treasurer, Roly Kaufman. Inci- dentally, the positions of "Coach" and "Manager" are not the only ones available. By way of getting started on the project, those interested, requested, and received, assis- tance from the Toronto Minor Hockey League. Bert Robinson, founder and president of the Bert Robinson Minor Hockey Association (which is affiliated with the T. M. H. L.) brought several instructors to the Wing - ham Arena, at no cost, and illustrated their system of run- ning a practice, along with the teaching of the fundamentals of skating and hockey. Not only the local boys, but the local coaches and managers learned a great deal from this session. Furthermore, it is hoped to have this same group ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By The Pedestrian GREEN LAWN— Fred Porter, who lives on Leo- pold Street, had his lawn cleaned off just as soon as the snow melted last week, and with work and fertilizer last fall the grass looked as though it needed cutting just as soon as the snow was gone. Fred said he put an awful lot of hard work on the greenery. 0--0--0 'CLOSE CALL— Brian Metcalfe and Bob Dey- ell had a close call on Saturday afternoon when they were boat- ing on the Maitland. The boat flirped in the fast running water e two men were in the water some time and were swept clown stream a considerable distance before teaching shore. They were able to make their way home and later retrieved the boat. back in the late fall, once the Minor system is organized for next winter. One thing is ern- phasized, those boys who at- tended the session in the arena will not, of necessity, have any advantage in any respect, over those not present. This pretty well sums up the progress thus far. It is hoped to have added some new names to the "workers list" by the next report. There's a long beauti- ful summer ahead but we ask you, for next hockey season, to keep in mind a familiar slogan; "Don't send --take your boy to the arena; then stay and watch him play." Don Breckenridge Buys Business Donald Breckenridge of Woodstock, formerly of Wing - ham, has purchased a lumber business in Woodstock, which will be called Breck Lumber Limited. Donald is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Breckenridge of Wing - ham and his wife is the former Betty Henry, daughter of M. and Mrs. Stuart Henry. He started with Beaver Lum- ber here and has been working in the lumber business in Wood- stock for the past four years. Berry Door Wins Prize The Berry Door Co. Ltd. of Wingham won a first prize for the best display booth and for the most friendly and cour- teous'sales coverage at the On- tario Retail Lumber Dealers' Assoc. show, held in the Queen Elizabeth Building in Toronto last week. The firm is also exhibiting its line of steel garage doors and closet doors at the Na- tional Home Show in the same city starting this Friday and running through to April 13th. This exhibit has been chosen by a Hamilton TV station to be screened as part of news in- terest from the show. Wingham, Ontario, Thursday, April 4, 1963 Where You Vote Polling stations for next Monday's election, April 8, will open at eight o'clock in the morning and remain open until seven o'clock in the eve- ning(standard time). Stations in the various poll- ing divisions in the electoral WINGHAM Sub -Division No. 1, atJohn Pattison's Store; P.S.D. No. 2, Wingham Bowling Lanes; P.S.D. No. 3, town hall; P.S.D. No. 4, William Elliott Beauty Shop; P.S.D. No. 5, Robert Downie's Garage; P.S.D. No. 6, Fred Carbert's house, Charles Street; P.S.D. No. 7, Mrs. C. R. Wilkinson's residence; P.S.D. No. 8, John Finnigan's store, Diagonal Road. TURNBERRY TWP. P.S.D. No. 1, Lower Town School; P.S.D. No. 2, Blue - vale Community Hall; P.S.D. No. 3, Powell's School; P.S.D. No. 4, S. S, 3 (Muir's). HOWICK TOWNSHIP P. S. D. No. 1, S.S. No. 1; P.S.D. No. 2, Lakelet Insti- tute Hall; P.S.D. No. 3, Gor- rie Community Hall; P.S.D. No. 4, Fordwich Community Hall; P.S.D. No. 5, S.S. No. 18; P.S.D. No. 6, Orange Hall at Newbridge; P.S.D. No. '7, Wroxeter Community Hall. Manager at Oil Springs John Isaac, who has been accountant at the local branch of the Toronto -Dominion Bank for the past year and a half, has been appointed manager at Oil Springs, Ontario, and will take up his new duties on April 16th. Mr. Isaac came to Wingham after serving with the bank for 15 years in St. Catharines, St. Thomas and Elmira, and was acting manager at Omemee in Eastern Ontario for two sum- mers. John and his wife, Aileen, have been active in community affairs in Wingham during their stay and will be missed by a number of organizations where they have served faithfully, He has been a member of the Kins- men Club, where he acted as treasurer of the Trade Fair, He was also treasurer of the Re- tarded Children's Association. He and his wife were secretary and treasurer of St. Andrew's Couples' Club. Mrs, Isaac has been active with the Girl Guides. Their three children, left to right in the picture, Paul, Wayne and Susan will be missed by their many young friends in the community. Replacing Mr. Isaac at the bank is Edward Yeoman, who comes to Wingham from Wel- land, where he has been ac- countant. Mr. Yeoman is married and has two daughters, aged five and three. His home is in Paris, Ontario, and his wife comes from Woodstock. WINGHAM HOCKEY COACHES got some tips during a school at the arena on Sunday, when members of the coach- ing staff of the Weston Hockey School operated by the Bert Robinson Minor Hockey Association, Toronto, made a special trip to Wingham. Jim O'Hearne, centre, a specialist on shooting, de- scribes some of his techniques to Ian MacLaurin, Jack Wood, Elwood Irwin and Murray Kerr, —Advance -Times photo. Single Copy Not Over Ten Cents Whitney Grose Buys Listowel Establishment It was announced on Tuesday that Hayward's Suburban Res- taurant, located a mile and a half north of Listowel and the Blue Barn Motel located on the same property, had been sold by Robert Hayward to Whitney Grose of Wingham. The popular eating and re- ception place was established in a converted barn by Mr. Hay-, ward in 1961 and has gained an enviable reputation as a good eating establishment since that time. Last year a motel was added to the same property. The transaction was com- pleted on April 1st, through Jack McMichael, real estate salesman, and Mr. Grose will obtain possession on April 15th. Mr. and Mrs. Grose came from Oshawa to Wingham in 1947, where they operated the Brunswick Hotel until it was destroyed by fire on November 2nd, 1958. The property was sold last fall to Harold Reming- ton, who has announced he will build a new super market on the site. Town By-law Authorizes Emergency Measures Organization for Community The most important piece of business on town council's agenda Monday evening was the passing of a ay -law which puts the local Eihergency Mea- sures Organization 'on an of- ficial footing, Crawford Douglas, local co- ordinator attended the meeting and produced the draft of a by- law which follows the same pattern as that passed by county council some time ago. Mayor Hetherington told his councillors that Mr, Douglas has been taking a leading part in the work and he should be assisted at every turn. The proposed by-law, the mayor stated, is to set up proper con- trol for the Wingham Commun- ity Group as established by the county co-ordinator. Emergency Measures organi- zation will cost little, the mayor explained. Any costs are covered by 75 per cent federal money, 15 per cent pro- vincial and the remaining 10 per cent divided among the municipalities in the group. It is not anticipated that expendi- ture will be heavy. The mayor went on to point out that the county has said, "Here is your community group, you people set it up according to the county foremat". The by-law, is designed to carry out plans set up at county level. The community group in- cludes Blyth, Brussels, Wing - ham, Howick, Turnberry, East Wawanosh and Morris Town- ships. These other municipali- ties, will be asked to pass similar by-laws, in order to get the group on an official footing. There is, of course, nothing to force them to go along for the whole organiza- tion is on a voluntary basis. Wingham has been asked to tee up the group and Mr, Douglas has done a fine job locally, the mayor said. He also said that the prime objective of the organization is to keep the control in the hands of the elected representatives. The by-law states that the con- trol committee is comprised of the chief elected representa- tives from each of the munici- palities involved. The same thing holds true from the feder- al government down to the pro- vincial and county levels. BYLAW PASSED The by-law was read and passed by the council and out- lines the organization and stipulates the responsibilities of the various officers. Mr. Douglas spoke briefly and answered a number ofques- tions by the councillors. He said that he had volunteers for the various committees that would be needed. He went on to say that under the overall provincial plan this section has been designated as a reception area and the prime planning must be to find the ways and means to handle a vast influx of people in case of national emergency. The Wingham community group, he said, would be expected to look after as many as 40, 000 people, if a strike was made at the industrial complex in the Niagara region. CORRESPONDENCE The clerk read a number of letters. One from the Huron Soil and Crop Improvement Association, thanked council for its co-operation relative to the recent seed fair. Another from the St. John Ambulance Association at Goderich thanked council for a grant. CONSERVATION The levy from the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority was received and amounted to $1,536.89. Council asked its representative to the Authority, Robert Wenger, to explain the increase from last year. He pointed out that conservation work will be broadened this year and that a fulltime superin- tendent had been hired. As well, it had been necessary to purchase a light truck. COMMITTEE REPORTS Councillor Donald Nasmith reported to council that a num- ber of applications for the posi- tion of constable on the local police force had been received, but as yet his committee had not made any decision. Reeve J. Roy Adair, report- ing for the public works com- mittee, told council that no decision has been reached on what work will be done on the streets this year. He said the committee was waiting to see how much frost damage oc- cured. Mayor Hetherington asked the committee to have its plans ready in time for the budget, which will be set in two weeks. Reeve Adair also said that the arena front is now complete except for a few minor odds and ends. The job had passed inspection under the winter works program and will be eligible for a grant from the Ontario Department of Agricul- ture. One of the councillors sug- gested the upstairs room could be used for Brownies and Girl Guides. This prompted a dis- cussion, with a number of the councillors of the opinion that it would not be feasible as the room would be used too fre- quently for other activities. Mayor Hetherington told the property committee that the old bandstand in the town park should either be cleaned up or torn down. The subject was left in the hands of the commit- tee, The mayor told council that the land for the sewage lagoon had been purchased, and ar- rangements made for an access road. However, no word had been received from the O W,RC. on when work will start on the project. OTHER BUSINESS A lease was renewed with the Dept, of National Defence which has been using a small building adjacent to the fire hall. Council approved Daylight Saving Time which will com- mence at midnight Saturday, April 27th, and end midnight October 26th.' Building permits amounting to 818,000 in value were ap- proved. New Teachers for Public School The Wingham Public School Board has hired four new teach- ers. They are Miss Doreen Garrow of Clinton, who is now attending Stratford Teachers' College; Miss Shirley Johnston of Bluevale, at present attend- ing Teachers' College, Strat- ford; Miss Karen Groskorth of Whitechurch, now teaching in Toronto and Mrs. Marilyn Brydges of Belgrave, formerly of the staff. 'PUSSY WILLOWS are now beginning to break their shells along the banks of the Maitland River at Wing - ham. Bonnie Glenn and Joan Cantelon are shown with their first bunch of the season.—Photo by Cantelon.