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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1963-09-05, Page 14 ebie IIle ncemZinte FIRST SECTION Wingham, Ontario; Thursday, Sept. 5, 1963 Single Copy Not Over Ten Cents. THIRD TRAGEDY FOR FAMILY "'Milford Foxton Dies After Fall Down Basement Stairs Deep River Girl Excellent Student Kathy Henderson, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. William Hen- derson of Deep River, won an Ontario Scholarship in Grade 13 at Mackenzie High School, and other scholastic honors totalling over $1, 300. Mentioning the top students in the Pembroke Observer, the paper had this to say: "One of the most remarkable achievements was that of Kathy Henderson, daughter of Dr, and Mrs, Wm. Henderson, She averaged 84.4 per cent on ten papers and last year, as a Grade 12 student, also received first class honours on two Grade 13 papers.'' Kathy will attend Queen's University this fall. She has been working at Chalk River during the summer holidays. Her father is a son of the late Mr. and Mrs, W. J. Henderson of the Bluevale Road, and at- tended Wingham High School where he, too, was an honour student, iiikikii- ALONG THE MAIN DRAG 13y The Pedestrian yliCasmormsomma. BLOW YOUR HORN— We aren't even sure if they are horns, but we do know that there are still some instruments savailable for boys or girls, '*' town or country, who would like to join the Wingham Lions Band. Band practice is in the town hall on Thursday evenings and there are now 20 members. if you would like to use one of those instruments hop right to the phone and call Mr. Vivian at 357-3775. 0--0--0 QUITE ENCOURAGING -- The latest report from the Douglas family on John's con- dition is quite encouraging. John was injured in an accident several weeks ago. He is pro- gressing favorably and has been told that he may be able to return to Wingham and District Hospital in a month, which is earlier than first anticipated. 0--0--0 AND SO IS BILL— "Pondarosa Bill" Walden, also an accident victim and a patient in Victoria, London, is doing well, too. He expects to be out of traction in two or three weeks but will still be confined to hospital for some time. 0--0--0 FALSE ALARM -- Police on their rounds early Tuesday morning thought for awhile there must have been a burglary at the LCBO store, when it appeared that a hole • had been cut in the ceiling of the building. However, it turned out that three tiles had fallen off and investigation showed no sign of entry. 0--0--0 POOR MICHELE-- One of the joys of being a TV star was demonstrated over the week -end when Michele Finney came to Wingham and was in the Frontier Days parade. At the park Michele was nearly swamped with the crowd of ung people asking for her •tograph. We'll bet the retty young lady was pretty tired after the ordeal and crush of people crowding around her. She sure did an excellent jots of awarding the prizes. The youngsters were really proud to have her in.town, A fall on the basementstairs at the Legion Home here about 6,30 Monday evening resulted in fatal injury to Milford Fox - ton, of Wingham. He was treated by Dr. A. Klahsen and removed to Wingham and Dist- rict Hospital, and later that evening was rushed to West- minster Hospital in London, where he immediately under- went surgery for brain damage. He passed away Tuesday after- noon, Mr. Foxton was born in Cul- ross Township, a son of the late William Foxton and Mary Jane Walker, and attended school in that township. He married Margaret Pullen about 35 years ago. Prior to a heart attack about ten years ago, he had been night constable on the local police force, had served.as bail- iff and had been manager at the Wingham Arena. Mr, Foxton was a member of the Wingham United Church and of the Royal Canadian Leg- ion. During World War II he was with the Provost Corpsover- seas, Surviving besides his wife is Couple Leave For Germany Robert McIntyre received word from Germany last week that his application for work had been accepted by the Allegem Elektro Bau, electrical manu- facturers at Cologne. The let- ter was sent by Herman Wilden, owner of the plant. Mr. and Mrs. McIntyre will sail from Montreal on October 25 and will dock at Rotterdam, Holland. They expect to spend about two years in Europe, where Mrs. McIntyre hopes to take a course in art. Bob has been active in youth projects in the town. He has devoted a great deal of time to the local Scout troop and has recently been Scoutmaster. He has also been supervisor of the Riverside Park swimming pool and the Recreation Committee summer program for the past couple of years, and is a pop- ular figure with young people, from the tiny tots to the teen- agers. Mrs. McIntyre will continue to work at CKNX until the week before their departure. a daughter, Winona (Mrs, Geof- frey Hoyle) of London. There are also 14 grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. J. L. (Sarah) Mair of Winnipeg and Mrs, Le- roy (Norma) Bender of Clifford; and three brothers, Albert, Her- bert and Harold, all of Wing - ham. Two sons predeceased him, John, who died in an accident while at work in 1961, and Glen who was fatally injured in a car accident last spring. Funeral service will be con- ducted at the R. A, Currie & Sons funeral home at two o'clock Friday afternoon with interment in Wingham ceme- tery. Rev, C. M, Jardine will officiate, PARENTS, PLEASE NOTE! Supervision of Riverside Park Pool terminates this Sun- day evening at nine o'clock. Please see that your children are in the care of a responsible person if they are at the pool after this date, Robert McIntyre, Pool Supervisor. Walden Bros. Buy Currie Transport Walden Brothers Limited, Wingham trucking firm, an- nounced this week that it has purchased the trucking license held by the late W. W. Currie, who operated a transport busin- ess here for over 30 years. Also included in the sale was a trac- tor trailer and a stake truck. The license provides for freight service between Wing - ham and Toronto and for single owner shipments from Wingham to any point in Ontario. "THE CARTWRIGHTS" of Bonanza fame won the first prize in the Frontier parade for the best Frontier float. From the left are "Adam," Gary Bauer, 11; "Paw," Joe Hall, 13; "Hoss," Malcolm Galbraith, 11; "Little Joe," Don Hastings, 11; "Hop Sing," John Rae, 12. The float was typical of the effort that went into many entries in the parade.—A-T Photo. Extra Extension Caused Delay Council Expects Work to Start Soo Mayor R. S. Hetherington at the September meeting of the town council on Tuesday eve- ning stated that as far as he knew everything was set for a start on the sewage improve- ment program. He told coun- cil that a delay had been caus- ed because of the inclusion of an extension of the Wilfred Street trunk in the program. Wingham Man Beaten, Robbed James Wesley Cameron, 36 - year -old resident of Lower Wingham, was discovered ear- ly Saturday morning on a side - road in London Township badly beaten and robbed. He had been stripped of his clothing. The man was found by a Lon- don Transportation Commission employee, John Bibby, of R. R. 2, Arva, who wrapped Camer- on in a blanket and drove him to hospital in London. It was found that he had suffered a broken nose and other facial injuries. He was robbed of ap- proximately $62.00 and his clothing. About three hours after Cameron was discovered Lon- don police arrested William Lloyd George Fischer of London and later Saturday Doreen Hel- en Johnston of London was also arrested in connection with the robbery and beating. Both face charges of robbery with violen- ce. Police from London and the OPP detachment at Lucan are investigating. 4. • MICHELE FINNEY, star of the TV show "Razzle Dazzle," presented the Hafer- mehl Trophy to Joe Vanstone during the Frontier Days celebrations for his efforts in the 15 -mile swim staged on Friday. 6t Joe was one of three swimmers to com- pete and ended up swimming over four miles. Cold water made the competition most difficult. —Advance-Times Photo. on Trunk This had necessitated a redraft of some of the agreements with the Ontario Water Resources Commission and the Ontario Municipal Board. He said that final papers were in Toronto last Thursday and he expected final approval from the OWRC this week. At a July meeting informa- tion available at the time in- dicated that work would start about 10 days after the OWRC had given the go-ahead. Cor- nell Construction of Brampton had the low tender when they were called earlier in the sum- mer, The mayor also read a final agreement with Central Mort- gage and Housing Corporation which covered interim financ- ing of the project as well as the long-term loan. This was approved by council, Council also agreed to ad- vertise for tenders for the Sum- mit Drive lateral sewage line, which will serve the houses on that street and drain to a small pumping station in the Hender- son subdivision. This line is not part of the overall contract, In regard to this, Richard Le - Van, who is building a home in the subdivision, attended council requesting information. Councillor Gordon Buchanan Sewer Project reported that a number of prop- erty owners on Minnie street were complaining about the nuisance of barking dogs. Coun- cil agreed something should be done and will investigate a by-law passed in Stratford covering this problem. SAFETY FACTOR Another discussion followed in connection with the inspect- ion of trenches during the sew- age project. It was pointed out that Ted Whitby held the position of trench inspector, but some councillors felt the worst would require the services of a full time inspector to guard the safety of the work- men. Further investigation will follow. Reeve J. Roy Adair said that work on the rebuilding of the southern portion of Catherine Street is nearly completed and that it will be ready for paving shortly. He also said that the Lavis Construction Co. is ex- pected to move into Wingham on Thursday to start the re- surfacing of John Street. Mr. Adair also reported that a cheque for $4, 288.76 had been received covering 80 per cent of the labor on the arena front under the winter works program. The reeve's report also stat- VI/rist Badly Injured By Ferris Wheel Joe Hall, 13 -year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Willis Hall, underwent major surgery at Sick Children's Memorial Hos- pital, London, on Wednesday for arterial and tendon lacera- tions in the right wrist. The operation resulted from an injury received at the town park on Saturday, when the boy's hand caught in the driving mechanism of the ferris wheel. Joey had reached down to retrieve the hat of a friend while the ferris wheel was riot in motion, As he was about to pick it up the ferris wheel was started and his right hand was caught, gashing it badly at the wrist. Ile used his left hand to try to free the injured one and received minor cuts at the knuc„les of his left hand, Work- men had to dismantle part of the machinery to free him. Bob McIntyre, who was near- by, earby, took the boy to the residen- ce of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. McIntyre, Dr. W. A. McKibbon was summoned and members of the Hall family were quickly on hand. Dr. Mc- Kibbon removed him to Wing - ham and District Hospital for immediate treatment, and Joey, was sent on to Victoria Hospital, London, where the wound was eventually closed. The operation yesterday was in effort to repair the tendons but further surgery will he need- ed at a later date. Mr, Hall went to London on Wednesday and Mrs, Hall re- turned home with him after the operation. She had been in the city since Monday. ed that work on the sidewalk on John Street beside the ceno- taph has been completed and appears to be a good job. Questioned by several council- lors on earlier suggestions to paint the arena front, Reeve Adair said that until now mon- ey had not been available and quotations seemed high. He said the color scheme for the building suggested by the archi- tect rchitect called for grey walls with decorative projections in tur- quoise, sash black and doors red. Council felt the job should be done as soon as possible. WRITE DEPARTMENT Council agreed to a suggest- ion by Councillor Nasmith to have letters written to the De- partment of Highways calling for additional highway direct- ion signs placed at the inter- section of Josephine Street and Diagonal Road and to request that the causeway for No. 86 Highway be completed to the east of No. 4 Highway. Councillor Nasmith was ap- pointed a one-man committee to re -assess the street signs in the community which he claim- ed were, in some cases wrong, or in need of new ones as well as facing incorrectly in many places. Reporting on property, dep- uty reeve Joe Kerr said that he was disappointed that work had not started on re -roofing the town hall but the contractor said he would start this coming Thursday. Councillor Len Crawford, re- porting for the cemetery and fire committees, said that Fire Chief James Carr had suggested a meeting with rural municipal- ities to investigate the purchase of a tank truck for the fire bri- gade. The subject was left with Councillor Crawford to be dealt with in co-operation with the fire chief. Council approved three building permits, including one house. which totalled $10, 000. OPERATE SNACK RAR Mr. and Mrs, Robert hopper have taken over the manage- ment of the Royal T Snack Bar and service station at the north end of Winghain. The Royal T Dance Hall, adjacent to the snack bar, has been operated by the ]toppers for some time.