HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1963-04-04, Page 12Pane 2 T- W zghera Advance -Tithes, Thursday, April 4, 3,963
HOCKEY EXPERTS from the Canadian Hockey School,
operated by the Bert Robinson Minor Hockey Assoc. in
Toronto visited Wingham on Sunday with pointers for
local coaches. in the picture three Wingham men, Har.
vey Fisher, Jack Gorbutt and Murray Stainton, centre,
talk over hockey with Mr. Robinson, left, founder and
president of the association and Sims Ross, right, a
director of the school.--Advance-Times photo.
1Scholarship Offers Career
( fn Buisness and Finance
BOX 390
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only answer to homicide be it
single or mega -death. It is
now no longer a question of
whether we ought to have World
Government, but how quickly
can we make it work.
International Law backed by
effective force is the only hope
for rescuing a humanity other-
wise doomed. In today's world
of mega -tons, mega -deaths
and overkill, all discussion of
national defense in a Nuclear
War is irrelevant and time -
wasting.
Each voter should demand a
clear answer from each candi-
date to this question:- "What
will you do to promote World
Government as a first priority in'
your program?" The answer to
this question transcends party
loyalty. It is simply not true
that a multi-party parliament,
without a clear majority, de-
feats the parliamentary system.
There is no reason why "the
boys in two or three back -
rooms" cannot reach agreement
providing there is intelligence
and integrity.
I would vote for anyone, ir-
respective of party, who clearly
declared that human survival
was the dominant issue today
and promised primary effort to-
ward the creation of World
Government.
Otherwise we may well be
caught fiddling with Bomares
and Honest Johns when the
world around us explodes.
Alan A. Klass, B.A., M,D,
F.R.C.S. (Edin.),
F, R. C. S. (Can.)
REMINISCING 1
APRIL 1913
His many friends will re-
gret to learn that Mr. Alex
Ross is retiring from business
and intends moving West.
Twenty-six years ago Mr. Ross
moved into Wingham from his
farm in Turnberry and purchas-
ed the business of Mr. J. B.
Ferguson and a year later added
the Dominion Express. Ten
years ago he was appointed
Clerk of this Division Court.
In business Mr. Ross has been
courteous and obliging and
Wingham will lose one of its
very best citizens. Mrs. Ross
will also be greatly missed in
church and social circles as
she has always been a faithful,
unremitting worker in every-
thing that tended to moral up-
lift,
FLOOD OF 1948
Ravaged by the raging waters
of the Maitland River, in the
worst flood in the history of
Wingham, the town is gradually
getting back to normal. Total
damage is estimated at over
half a million dollars. Friday
the waters rose rapidly and by
Saturday noon had reached the
peak, over two feet higher in
Lower Wingham than the flood
of 1912.
Railways Hard Hit
Shortly after 11 a.m. , Satur-
day,
aturday, as the ice jam started to
move, the first serious casualty
was the C.P.R. bridge, when
it was swept away. Hundreds
of people stood on the C.N.R.
bridge and track and watched
the ice with portions of the
C. P.R. bridge crash against
W. H. Gregory, president
of British Mortgage & Trust
Company, announced the es-
tablishment of a $1,600 annual
scholarship to attend university
and enter a course Ieading to a
career in the field of business
or finance.
Those who are eligible to
compete for the scholarship are
students in secondary schools in
the counties of Perth, Huron.
Grey, Bruce and Peel. They
must complete Grade 13 with
an average mark not lower than
70% in nine papers. They must
enter a four-year honour course
the upper dam, and wondered
how it withstood the onslaught.
Unable to secure clear pass-
age through the dam the waters
burst through the banks at both
sides. On the east side it
gouged out the road and C.P.R.
tracks and made a new channel
about 30 feet wide. The cur-
rent thus divided undermined
the town water reservoir and
tilted and cracked one portion
of it. To complete further
destruction it washed out a
section of earth nearly 100
yards long to a depth of possibly
10 feet and undermined the
east end supports of the C.N. R.
bridge, which caused the large
structure to sag.
Howson's Mill Damaged
On the west side of the dam
the river also cut a new course
at the side of Howson's Mill.
The ice there crashed through
the office taking with it a
couple of desks and chairs.
Water ran through the mill and
destroyed flour and grain.
Lower Wingham Flooded
The residents of Lower Wing-
ham
ingham have weathered many a
flood, but nothing like this.
About twenty families had to
be evacuated, and several of
these were cared for by the
local Red Cross. In the wake
in Commerce & Finance, Busi-
ness Administratexl, Economics
or a comparable course offered
by the University of Toronto,
Queens University, the Univer-
sity of Western Ontario or Mc-
Master University.
The scholarship will be
awarded annually to the eligible
student attaining the highest
marks.
The scholarship will be paid
to the winner's university in
four installments: an initial pay-
ment of $600, with subsequent
payments of $400, $300 and
$300 in succeeding years. The
student will be required to ob-
tain at least second class honour
standing to retain the scholar-
ship annually for the last three
yea rs.
Although scholastic achieve-
ment will be the primary basis
of the award, in the event two
or more applicants obtain equal
standing, other considerations
will be financial need, charac-
ter and professional promise.
of the flood, this section was
a dirty mess. The houses were
left with heavy deposits of mud
and slime, even on table tops
an inch of mud was reported.
When the ice between the two
dams gave way the current
broke through above the mill
race and carried the ice and
portions of the C. P. R. bridge
over the road missing the houses,
which was indeed fortunate.
Highways Again Open
No. 4 Highway to the south
was cleared of ice on Monday
and after minor repairs to the
second bridge, traffic was al-
lowed to proceed that after-
noon. The washout on No. 86
Highway through Lower Wing -
ham was also filled, and with
the filling of the washout at
Zetland that road was also open.
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