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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1963-06-27, Page 1FIRST SECTION HUSBAND DIED WEDNESDAY norzZiom Wingham Advance-Times_'Itt,;, ctlay June 27, 1963 ''Elderly Listowel Couple Lose Lives in Two -Car Accident Mrs. Martha Finkbeiner, of Listowel, died in a two -car crash at the intersection of Highways 4 and 86, half a mile south of Wingham on Saturday evening. She was a passenger in a car driven by her husband, Ezra Finkbeiner, which collid- ed with a second car driven by Thomas Robinson, 22, of R.R. 2, Lucknow. Mr. Finkbeiner was remov- ed to the Wingham and Dis- trict Hospital, where examin- ation disclosed bruises, abras- ions and shock. His condition worsened early this week and death took place on Wednes- day morning. Mr. Robinson was taken to hospital in London for treat- ment of a broken right leg. The accident was investi- gated by Constable Murray Fridenburg of the Wingham detachment, O.P.P. Mail Hours for Dominion Day Postmaster G. K. Sutcliffe has announced the hours of service for Dominion Day, Mon- day, July 1st. The wicket at the postoffice will be open from 1:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m. for general delivery, registration and sale of postage stamps. There will .,,__ be no money order or savings bank business conducted. The lock box lobby will be open until 6 p.m. There will be one street letter box collect- ion ollection at 3 p.m. There will be no rural delivery. All mail posted at the office will be despatched as usual. ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By The Pedestrian HELPFUL NEIGHBORS -- Neighbors of Mr. and Mrs. John de Boer, Kinloss, whose small son lost his life in a farm accident last week, gathered to bale the remainder of the hay crop at the de Boer farm. 0--0--0 VISIT A -T -- Mrs. Lyon, teacher at S.S. 5, Hullett Township and some 30 of her pupils spent an after- noon in Wingham last Friday. They toured Fry & Blackhall, CKNX and The Advance - Times plant. They visited several industries in Goderich during the morning. 0--0--0 HEADS NEW CLUB— "Bob" Lewis, former OPP constable in Wingham, and now news chief of the North Bay Television station, has been elected president of the newly -formed North Bay Press Club. tion. Lester B. Pearson has been named patron of the new club. 0--0--0 MOVED TUESDAY Cpl. and Mrs. Jack Parkin- son and daughter Lynn moved to Milton on Tuesday, where the former has been stationed for some weeks with the On- tario Provincial Police. 0--0--0 BACK IN TOWN-- "Slirn" Boucher, former resident of Wingham and now of Carleton, Quebec, arrived in town on Tuesday for a visit with relatives and friends. To put it mildly he seems to he the same old Slim. 1lc has been employed with TV stations in the Maritimes for the past two and a half years. a Education at Its Best! Correcting examination papers isn't always dull, as one of the public school teachers found when she came to this gem. It is an authentic examination letter of invitation to a friend, inviting him to a birthday party: Wingham, Ont., Thurs., June 13. Dear I am having a ten -year-old twist party and would like you to come to it. It will be on Sat., June 15, 1963, at ten thirty p. m. until 3 a.m. There will be many beautiful girls shipped from the Hawaiian Islands. Please try to attent it. Your friend, Accidents Take Two Young Lives Two teen -aged motorists lost their lives in separate traffic accidents at the end of the week. Alexene Williamson, 15, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nor- man Williamson, of R. R. 3, Walton, died in Victoria Hospi- tal, ospital, London. She was injured in an accident Friday night at the south edge of Blyth, the intersection of No. 4 Highway and the county road to Auburn. Driver of the car was Robert Leslie Papple, 18, of Egmond- ville, who suffered a fractured right leg and facial cuts. He was removed to hospital in Clinton. The car he was driving collided with a transport truck loaded with cattle and driven by Harold Hutton of Glamis, who was not injured. The car was demolished and the truck extensively damaged. SECOND CRASH Donald Crozier, 19, of R. R. 2, Seaforth, died beneath the wreckage of a car about three miles north of Seaforth. He was a passenger in a car driven by Kenneth Bedard, 18, of Seaforth. The vehicle miss- ed a curve on McKillop Side - road 30 and overturned. The young man was thrown from the car and pinned beneath the roof when it came to rest. The driver and three other passengers in the car, Wayne Reid of Hensall, William Pin - der of Seaforth and Edwin Lamont of Seaforth were not injured. Party Held at Bennett Home A couples' party in honour of Miss Annabelle Ewart, for- merly of Chesley and now of CKNX staff, and Lynn Hoy of Wingham, who are being marri- ed this Friday, was held ,at the home• of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Bennett on Tuesday evening. About fifteen couples attended. A sing -song was led by Her- bert C. Treneer. The evening was spent playing cards and the young couple was presented with a coffee table and other gifts. Mr. Eloy made a very fitting reply. The hostesses were Mr. and Mrs. Jack Walker and Mr. and Mrs. Bennett. Foot Badly Cut By Power Mower Keith Finnigan, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Finnigan, Diag- onal Road, suffered a badly cut foot at the week -end while he was cutting a lawn with a ro- tary lawnmower, Keith slipped on the wet grass on a slope and his foot slipped under the hood of the machine. First aid was ad- ministered in Wingham and he was rushed to the hospital at the Clinton Air School where 20 stitches were needed to close the cut. However, it was found that no bones were broken. He was released from the station hospital on Monday and will be forced to travel on crutches for some time. • C. Single Copy Not Over Ten Cents. OPEN HOUSE at the Golden Circle School drew a good- ly number of visitors last Friday evening. In this pic- ture, the teacher, Mrs. John Reavie, left, shows three visitors some of the work the children have done dur- ing the year. With Mrs. Reavie are Miss Marguerite Johns, Miss Phyllis Johns and Miss Irene Paton. 19th Field Regiment Association Will gather for Wingham Reunion Little Boy Dies Beneath Tactor Four-year-o'd Barry Edward de Boer, son of Mr, and Mrs. John de Boer, of Kinloss Town- ship, died Wednesday evening as a result of injuries suffered when he fell from his father's tractor and was run over by one of the wheels. The boy had been in the care of his sister at the house, but had slipped away to the field where his father and mo- ther were haying, and had begged for a ride, His father consented to take him to the barn with the last load of the day. He is survived by his par- ents, one sister, Irene and three brothers, Jimmy, Cecil and Donald, all at home; and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Simon de Boer of West Wa- wanosh and Mrs. R. Latinga, Holland. Funeral service was conduct- ed onducted at the Chalmers Presby- terian Church, at Whitechurch, with burial in the South Kinloss Hatchet Slips -- Boy in Hospital Newton Richardson, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Richard- son, Carling Terrace, is re- covering in the War Memorial Children's Hospital, London, after a nasty accident on Fri- day evening. The family was spending the evening at the cottage on Lake Huron and they found the chilly weather made a wood fire necessary. Newton went out with a small hatchet to cut some fuel and in the process missed his mart( on one of the blocks and struck his leg above the knee. A Kincardine doctor found that a tendon had been cut and had the boy removed to London for the attention of a specialist. The boy is still in hospital, where a cast was applied. He will remain for several days. cemetery. Rev. Gordon L. Fish of Wingham was in charge of the service. Pallbearers were Donald Ross, Donald Gaunt, Walter Elliott and Archie Purdon. TRAFFIC STARTED TO MOVE over the new Zetland Bridge west of Wingham on Highway 86 this week, constructed by the Mowbray Construction Co. of Wingham. Essential work is completed, with only painting and cleaning up operations left to do.—A-T Photo. Veteran Members of the war- time 19th Canadian Field Regi- ment RCA who reside in Wing - ham and district are readying for a full-scale invasion of our territory. Action will com- mence on Friday of next week when members of the unit from all Canadian provinces and some from abroad will begin to pour in for a reunion. Some 400 veterans and their wives are expected. This reunion is an interest- ing event for the many Wing - ham men who served in the 19th throughout the second world war. Made up of three batteries, the 99th came from the Wingham district, the 55th was from the London area and the 63rd from Guelph. The regiment was mobilized in 1940 and after initial training of officers and NCO's, con- centration of the unit began at Camp Borden in December of last year. The first orders issued in the unit were by Cap- tain V. G. Spittal of Wingham, who was acting commanding officer at the time. Later in that month Lt. -Col. C. D. Crowe was appointed to the command of the regiment, be- ing replaced the following year by Lt. -Col. L. G. Clarke. OVERSEAS IN 1943 The unit embarked at Hali- fax on July 23, 1943 on the Queen Elizabeth and landed at Greenock, Scotland on July 27, After a period of intensive training in England the 19th landed on the beaches of France on D Day. To say simply that the regi- ment landed is a vast under- statement. Men, guns and vehicles went through some frantic hours after they reached the beach and before all units were moved into the compara- tive safety of onshore positions. Their guns, firing from landing craft, were used to cover the forward units of infantry which were the first ashore. Major R, S. Hetherington of Wingham was landing officer for the unit. The lath was based for a time at Basly, with the French towns of Buron, Grouchie and Authie as targets. Carpiquet was the next big action for the regiment and one of the prime targets was the airfield at L'Orgueilleuse, Gun barrels were red hot that day as 525 rounds per gun were pumped into the German field. Advanc- ing to Caen on the heels of the infantry, the 19th set up shop at St. Germaine in full view of the German forces [ridden on the far hank of the Orne River. Barrages were laid down to cover the British cross- ing of the Orne and the Cana- dian capture of Vaucelles. After St. Germaine came Cor- mellas, which then of the regi- ment still remember as one of Please Turn To Page Five Famous Band Will Play in Wingham On Saturday of next week residents of Wingham and dis- trict will he treated to one of the most interesting musical events available in Western Ontario, The well-known "Flying Dutchmen" bruin and Bugle Band of kitcheuer-Water- loo will be in Wingham coin- cident with the reunion of the lith Field Regiment Assoc Lit .on. On Saturday at :;.:au p.m, the hand will present a concert and demonstration of precision drill at the town park, At .1.30 the hand will play for the service of remembrance at the Cenotaph downtown. The f'ly'ing Dutchmen are sponsored by the •tsth Field Squadron, Royal t:iinadian Engineers. The organt.:ation was formed in 1.'>'t and the corps first entered competition in 19511. After its fiist season the hand was rcorgann.'ed 1n 191.,i) and rctunmd to the contest field the following year. In 191;2 the org;uli.iatitm was x- panded and appeared for the first tittle in their new tinifor is of red, white and hl;u•i.. That ear the hand reached the finals of the New York -Cana- dian chainpnnrsltips and placed fourth in the Canadian champ- ionships anmllii Ontario corps 10 tl;e Seitiur .\" eLtss. T'hoSe \Nilo attend 11,, i)ie- ctstou dr:11 ticmonStration at the park and the Cenotaph service will he treated to one of the most interesting of Inus;eal events.