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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1963-09-19, Page 14k7IRST SECTION "ST. GEORGE McCUTCHEON" portrayed here by Johnny Brent, lends a sympa- thetic ear to a giant turkey on the stage of the town hall Monday night. He eventually took after the bird and laid it low, The nonsense was part of the program at a Conservative rally at which Highways Minister Charles MacNaughton was the guest speaker. -Advance-Times Photo. Winghare, Ontario, Sept, 19, 1963 At Progressive Conservative Rally * Music, Magic and Mayhem Greet Highways Minister Wingham town hall was filled to capacity on Monday evening when Progressive Con- servative supporters of candi- Rumour Has If Lycem is Sold It is understood that Alton Adams has sold the Lyceum Theatre on Wingham's main street, although the identity of the purchaser was not disclosed, The theatre has been closed for several months and it is believ- ed that the new owner intends to reopen and put the theatre back in operation. ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By The Pedestrian NAME OMITTED -- Our apologies to the Merkley family for accidentally omitting the name of William Merkley from the Iist of pallbearers in the obituary of the late Mrs. Ezra Merkley, 0--0--0 SHOOTING MATCH - The Sportsmen's Association has decided to hold their annual Fall Shoot on Thanksgiving bay, Monday, October 14. This event always draws a big crowd. 0--o--0 TAKES SERVICE- Murray Brooks of Clinton was in charge of the service in St. Paul's Anglican. Church on Sun day owing to the illness of Rev, C. L Johnson, rector. 54TH ANNIVERSARY-, Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs, J. Wesley Joynt of Luck,- now, ucknow, who have many friends here. The couple celebrated their golden wedding anniver- sary at the weekend. O--Ow�O ONE OF A KIND- The W.D.H.S. is believed to be the only school in Can- ada which has a running track with square corners: date George McCutcheon gath- ered from all parts of Huron - Bruce to hear the Minister of Highways, Hon. Charles Mac - Naughton. The entire concept of the meeting was a new one for this district, with a full program of interesting entertainment, and plenty of good-natured spoof- ing for both the guest speakers and the opposition candidate. Hilarity reached a high point when a giant turkey waddled onto the stage, delivered itself of a giant egg and then came to its death under a battle axe wielded by "St, George Mc- Cutcheon" (Johnny Brent). It turned out later :hat the man beneath the turkey was George Walling. Excellent entertainment was provided throughout. Earl and Martha Heywood opened pro- ceedings with several vocal selections to their own string accompaniment. Later in the program they were back with some highly entertaining tricks of magic, in which both can- didate and cabinet minister had to participate. HARMONY GROUP The packed audience thoroughly enjoyed several numbers by the "Harmony Med' under the leadership of Hap Swatridge and Bill Connell. This group has been singing to- gether for about nine months and their music is a pure de- light to lovers of close harm- ony. Another musical treat was provided. by "The New Notes" a recently -formed men's quar- tet consisting of Bill Connell, Hap Swatridge, Fred Steinmetz and Carl Anderson. As the Harmony Men con- cluded their first group of numbers pandemonium broke loose. From the back of the hall blared the not altogether harmonious notes of the P, C. band, the Polished Clowns. Please turn to Page Eight. nciemZiemit Alternatives Prove Popular Single Copy Not Over Ten Cents. Half Grade 9 Students Register for New High School Vocational Courses In his report to the Wingham District High School Board last Thursday, Principal F, E. Ma- dill said that 50 per cent of the students enrolled in Grade 9 this year are taking vocation- al subjects. As well, 62 per cent are taking vocational sub- jects in Grade 10 and of the grand total of 823 registered at the school, 39.6 per cent are taking vocational courses, The report was part of an analysis of the school enrolment which he presented to the board. Referring to the results of the final examinations last spring, he said that 525 Grade 13 papers had been written by students and 83 per cent were passed. He went on to say that three pupils had won Ontario Scholarships, and this may set a record for some time, all of Car Wrecked in Belgrave Crash Jerry Lavergne, 35, of Wing - ham, suffered injuries to his leg, face and chest in a two - car collision at Belgrave about 5.30 Saturday afternoon. His car, a late model Galaxfe., was badly damaged. The accident occurred when a car driven by Keith DeVries, of Belgrave, proceeding south, attempted a left turn into the ' owner's driveway at the main intersection in the village. It was in collision with the La- vergne car, travelling north on the Highway. The DeVries car was not too seriously damaged, but the Wingham car skidded out of control after the initial impact, striking a tree, knock- ing down the pole which sup- ported the overhead warning signals at the corner and com- ing to rest near the front of the nearby store. Mrs. DeVries, passenger in her husband's car and Brian Lavergne, 5, son of the injured man, were not hurt, O.P.P. Constable Ozzie Whitfield of Wingham investi- gated. Larger Planning Board Mooted At a special meeting of Wingham Council on Wednes- day morning called to deal with the sewage project, Mayor Hetherington also reported there is a move afoot to enlarge the Wingham-Turnberry Planning Board, to take in Morris and East Wawanosh Townships. Morris Township has already passed a by-law which would make it feasible to join and East Wawanosh has passed a resolution to take action along similar lines. The mayor wanted the opin- ion of council on the subject and after a brief discussion a motion was passed calling for the present board to meet with representatives of the two town- ships to discuss the matter. Mayor Hetherington said he was' of the opinion that Turnberry council would back the move. If action is taken it would mean the present board would be disbanded and a new board set up under provincial regula- tions. Polling Places listed for Municipalities in District Returning Officer W. B. Mc- Cool has everything in readiness for the provincial election next Wednesday, Sept. 25th. Polls will open at 9 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. (Daylight Saving Time). An Advance Poll will be held at four centres on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week, Sept. 19, 20 and 21. They will be at the Town Hall, Wingham, Mrs. Sadie Stanley's residence, Ripley; Public Lib- rary, Brussels and Frank Fedy's residence, Mildmay. Hours for voting at the advance polis are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and 8 p. m. to 11 p.m. These polis will receive the votes of persons who expect to be absent from their regular polling places on Sept. 25th. Polling places for the voting of September 25th are as foll- ows: Sewer Project Gets OMB Nod Mayor Robert Hetherington said on Tuesday word had been received that the complete sewer project for the commun- ity has been approved by the Ontario Municipal Board. A delay of some six weeks in letting the contract as a short extension to the Wilfred Street trunk line was added and had to go through all the channels for OMB approval. On Wednesday morning a special meeting of council was called to sign the final agree- ments with the Ontario Water Resources Commission and to pass the covering by-laws. The work is divided into two sect- ions, one covering the instal- lation of trunk sewers, pumping stations, force mains and la- goon. The other is for replace- ment of storm sewers on Joseph- ine Street. The Mayor explained that the papers will be returned im- mediately to Toronto for sign- ing by the chairman of the On- tario Water Resources Commis- sion. He hoped this would be Please turn to Page Two, THIS WAS THE SCENE that met passing motorists in Belgrave early Saturday evening, as the result of a collision of two cars. Centre is a vehicle owned by Keith beVries which was turning left; and right, the completely wrecked car of Gerry Lavergne, of Wing - car, went out of control and hit the pole and tree in ham, which, after being in collision with the DeVries' the right of the picture. -A -T Photo. Wingham-No. 1, Pattison Radio and Electric; 2, Bowling Alley, Diagonal Rd; 3, Town Hall; 4, Elliott's Beauty Salon, Josephine St.; 5, Fred Carbert's home, Charles St.; 6, Downie's Garage, Josephine St.; '7, Mrs. C. R. Wilkinson's house; 8, Finnegan's Store, Diagonal Rd, Turnberry--No. 1, S,S.11, Lower Wingham; 2, Bluevale Community Hall; 3, Powell's School; 4, S.S. 3, Glenannan. Howick-No. 1, S.S. 1; 2, W. 1, Hall, Lakelet; 3, Com- munity Hall, Gorrie; 4, Com- munity Hall, Fordwich; 5, Ton- er's School; 6, Orange Hall, Newbridge; '7, Community Hall, Wroxeter. East Wawanosh--No. 1, Clarence Johnston's residence; 2, Belgrave Community Centre; 3, Phil Dawson's residence; 4, William Irwin's residence; 5, Keith Arthur's store, Auburn. Kinloss --No. 1, Orange Hall, Kinloss; 2, Orange Hall, Kinlough; 3, Township Hall, Holyrood; 4, Ford Cunningham', house; 5, Fraser Purvis' store; 6, Institute Hall, Whitechurch. Morris -No. 1, Wallace's School; 2, Harold Bolger's house; 3, Orange Hall, Bel - grave; 4, Township Hall, Mor- ris; 5, Stone School; 6, Ram - say's School. 9 More Newsstands Sell Advance -Times In the past two weeks nine new newsstand outlets for The Advance -Times have been ac- quired, adding another 225 sales to the 2200 copies distri- buted weekly. This is good news to our ad- vertisers. It means their mes- sage is now read in over 2400 homes reached by the local newspaper. Our long-established news- stands have recently enjoyed a notable increase in sales also, so that the 2400 figure is really a modest estimate. We're quite happy about it because it shows a keen interest on the part of the area residents toward the news, pictures and advertising The Advance -Times presents. which, he pointed out, reflects on the strength of the teaching staff at the Grade 13 level. Fifty-one students were eligi- ble for secondary school grad- uation diplomas and 37 will re- ceive them, Mr. Madill told the board that the building program has caused a number of compli- cations but the school is funct- ioning reasonably well and at the moment five temporary classrooms are in operation. He went on to compliment Mr. Walker, the caretaker,. for the tremendous job he has done un- der very adverse conditions. The principal also reported that eight students are attend- ing vocational courses from the Lucknow area and six from the Ripley area. NEW MEMBER Board chairman Gordon Moir welcomed Albert Worral of Teeswater to the board. He replaces Rev, Cox, the former representative from that centre, who was forced to resign due to ill health. W. G. White Construction Ltd. was given the job of re- placing a smoke barrier door in one corridor at a price of $1,192.00. In connection with the oper- ation of night classes at the school the board decided to postpone this move until the fall of 1964. It was felt that the building program would not be completed in time this fall to make the courses feasible. The board approved the use of a school bus to transport Grade 9 agriculture students to the Win- ter Fair for one day. The problem of parking on the school drive was discussed and it was stated that parking in the circle would have to be limited to allow enough room for buses as they load and un- load. The principal was in- structed to look into the possi- bility of having parking lanes painted on the asphalt. Following the meeting a number of the board members toured the shops in the vocat- ional wing which are under con- struction, The auto shop is now in partial use, a good deal of the equipment being in place and classes using the room. The woodworking shop and electri- cal shop are nearing the stage where they can be put into ser- vice. The girl's occupational shop will soon be ready, plast- ering and other finishing to be done in the boys' occupational shop. BUYS SECOND STORE Raymond Bennett of St. Marys, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bennett of London, former- ly of Wingham, has purchased a men's clothing store in Strat- ford and took over September ist. He will now operate both the store in Stratford and the one in St. Marys. BROPHY GOODYEARS WILL OPEN SEMI-FINALS TONIGHT $200 Damage in Minor Accident Two cars were damaged on Wingham's main street last Thursday to the total of about $200.00 when a minor accident occurred. No one was injured. The mishap took place when a car driven by Alex Leaver of R.R. 3 Wingham was pulling out from the curb and was struck by another owned by Thomas Pierce of Brussels. Damage to both vehicles was confined to crumpled fenders, grilles and broken lights, The accident was investigat- ed nvestigated by Wingham police chief James Miller. The Wingham Brophy Good - years will start a best 3 -of -5 series in WOAA Intermediate A semi-final playoffs with the St. Agatha -St. Clements Saints in the Wingham town park tonight (Thursday). The Goodyears may be a little weary for this game as they played at Merlin last night in an OASA fixture. Let's have a good turnout and give the boys that extra shout to spur them on to victory. In the game last Saturday, the local rooters were well out- numbered by the Merlin fans - who had to travel 150 miles to see the gatne.