HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1963-10-24, Page 1FIRST SECTION
Farm Home Lost
''St, Augustine Man
Seriously Burned
James Grieves, 65 -year-old
St. Augustine bachelor, is a
patient in a London hospital suf-
fering from serious burns to his
face, hands and body as a re-
sult of a fire at his farm home
just north of St. Augustine,
early Tuesday morning.
The injured man was awak-
ened by the crackling of flames
in his house about 2.00 a.m.
and after trying to battle the
blaze alone, he made his way
to a neighbor's, Cyril Grieves,
who summoned help. The in-
jured farmer was given im-
mergency treatment by Dr. J.
C. McKim of Lucknow and re-
moved to the Wingham and
District Hospital and then on to
London later Tuesday morning.
The farm home, located be-
tween the sixth and ninth con-
cessions of West Wawanosh, was
completely destroyed as well
as the contents despite the ef-
forts of the Lucknow fire bri-
gade. The house was a large
two-storey brick building. Loss
is estimated at roughly $8,000;
00.
ALONG THE THE MAIN DRAG
By The Pedestrian
CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT --
The St. Agatha --St. Clem-
ents Saints, after defeating
Wingham in a close series, are
now engaged in a battle for the
WOAA softball grandchampion-
ship with Belgrave. Belgrave
'1'ost the first game on Monday
evening in St. Clements by a
1-0 count, with their pitcher
Coultes doing an excellent job.
The second game is slated for
Wednesday at the Wingham
park.
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BACK ON JOB-
Terrazo workers, who were
out on strike for the past couple
of weeks, are back on the job
again with the result that work
can again get underway at the
Wingham District High School
addition.
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LOOKS GOOD -
We mentioned last week
that workmen are painting the
new front on the arena - the
job had just started, but this
week the effort is bearing fruit
with the result that the rink is
going to be greatly improved
in its appearance.
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DUTCH ELM -
There was a little article on
the editorial page last week
about someone down in the U.
S. who claimed he saved his
elm trees by driving in zinc
nails to overcome Dutch elm
disease. Conservation Authori-
ty officials say "hogwash".
The disease is a fungus carried
by a moth and there is no
known remedy except to cut
down the tree and burn it to
keep the disease from spread
ing.
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BIG SUCCESS -
The Boy Scout Apple Day
last Saturday was a huge suc-
cess and there was excellent
co-operation from Scouts, Cubs
and leaders. Each year the
citizens of Wingham and the
surrounding area support this
excellent cause which promotes
youth activity for our boys.
Your generous support is ap-
preciated by all connected with
Scouting.
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FLOWERY FALL -
This autumn is providing the
f nest show of late flowers seen
:Y, many years. Amid a pro-
fusion of bloom we could note
a lovely poppy at the home of
Mrs. John Hanna, three or four
inches in diameter. Another
oddity was a maple leaf picked
up by WIIf Hamilton and mea-
suring 11} incheseach way.
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ARMY MEN SERVE IN THE SINAI -Cap-
tain P. T. "Pat" Crosby, of Burlington,
Ont., Movement Control Officer, discus-
ses aircraft loading with two members
of his staff, Corporal S. M. "Stu" Ever -
ick, of Bedford, Nova Scotia, and Wing -
ham, and Lance Corporal H. J. "Jim"
McIntosh, of Toronto. All three men are
attached to the United Nations Move-
ments Unit at El Arish, Egypt, where they
work with RCAF personnel of 115 Air
Transport Unit which flies Otter and
Caribou aircraft and provides air trans-
port for the United Nations Emergency
Force in the Sinai.
Past International Pres. to Speak
Lions Club to Celebrate
Twenty-fifth Anniversary
• On Wednesday evening of
next week the Lions Club of
Wingham will celebrate its
Lions' Speaker
Kinsmen Visit
Douglas Point
The Wingham Kinsmen Club
took part in an inter -club meet-
ing at Kincardine along with
members from the Walkerton
organization. The three clubs
held short business sessions at a
dinner and then were taken on
a tour of the Douglas Point gen-
erating station. Local mem-,
bers reported that the tour was
very interesting and most in-
formative.
APPOINTED DEFENCE
COUNSEL FOR INDIAN
Robert Hetherington, 0.C..
of Wingham, has been appointed
by the Federal Justiee Depart-
ment as defence counsel for
Patrick Sullivan, of the Sau-
geen Indian Reserve. Sullivan
is charged with nonicapital
murder, in the slaying of his
wife on October 5th,
25th anniversary by holding a
ladies' night at the Blue Barn,
Listowel. Location for the
meeting was decided because
its owner, Whitney Grose, is a
past president of the club and
this year completes a long term
of membership in the Lions
Club of Wingham.
The Lions Club was actually
first chartered in August, 1922,
but a few years later was dis-
banded. It was in 1938 that the
club was reorganized and re -
chartered under the presidency
of Lion Ron Rae, now of Phoe-
nix, Arizona.
Presidents of the club
throughout the years have been:
1938, Ron Rae; 1939, F. W.
Spry; 1940, W. A. Galbraith;
1941, H. C. MacLean; 1942,
W. S. Hall; 1943, J. H. Craw-
ford; 1944, W. H. French;
1945, W. G. Hamilton; 1946,
J. P. McKibbon; 1947, F. E.
Madill; 1948, G. W. Tiffin;
1949, G, C. Gammage; 1950,
C. A. Roberts; 1951, D. C.
Nesmith; 1952, M. MacPhail;
1953, T. S. Beattie; 1954, R.
S. Hetherington; 1955, H. P.
Carmichael; 1956, Whitney
Grose; 1957, J. E. Reavie;
1958, W. B. Conron; 1959, Dr.
W. A. Crawford; 1960, W. B.
Cruikshank; 1961, W. W. Cur-
rie; 1962, Dr. K. M. MacLen-
nan, President for the 1963-
64 term is L. E. Vance.
GUEST SPEAKER
The anniversary meeting
will see the attendance of many
former members of the club,as
well as out-of-town Lions.
Special speaker for the occasion
will be Harry A. Newman, Q.
C., of Toronto, a past presi-
dent of Lions International.
A native of Dunnville, Mr.
Newman has served the legal
profession with distinction and
during his long years in Lionism
has been president of the Tor-
onto Club, as well as director,
vice-president and president of
the international organization.
In addition to his affiliation
with Lions Club, Mr. Newman
is a member of the York County
Law Association, Canadian Bar
Association, Toronto Conserva-
tive Businessmen's Club, Em-
pire Club of Canada, Canadian
Club of Toronto. He also serves
on the boards of several Canad-
ian business corporations. Ang-
lican by faith, he has two sons
serving the ministry of that
church.
Single Copy No
Over Ten Cents.
Area Councils to Consider
Tanker for Fire Department
Injuries Treated
At the Hospital
The out-patient department
at the Wingham and District
Hospital has been exceptional-
ly busy during the past week as
the result of a series of home
accidents.
More serious mishaps includ-
ed a fractured left leg suffered
by Albert Smyth, R.R. 5,
Wingham, to which a cast was
applied. The injury was incur-
red in a fall from a pole.
Last Thursday Ronald Goy,
son of Mr, and Mrs. Rennie
Goy, Wingnam suffered a frac-
tured left wrist during football
practice.
On Friday Wayne Riehl, 18,
of Wingham, received lacera-
tions to the shin, a sprained
knee and other injuries to the
right leg. First aid was receiv-
ed at the hospital and he was
allowed home.
A meeting of the Wingham Rural Fire Committee was held
in the council chambers here on Monday evening to consider
the purchase of a tank truck to transport water to rural fires,
Members agreed in principal with the pian. No decisioncould
be reached, however, as the plan must receive support from
the rural municipalities involved, which includes the town*
ships of Morris, East Wawanosh, Turnberry and Howick.
The meeting was called at
ACCEPTS POSITION
IN MONTREAL
Mr. and Mrs. George Porter
and their son Jimmy are mov-
ing to Montreal shortly, where
Mr, Porter will be working as a
technical representative for the
plastics division of Naugatuck
Chemical Ltd. Naugatuck is
one of the leading Canadian
manufactures of polyester re-
sins.
Mr. Porter will spend two
weeks at the plant at Elmira
before taking up residence in
Montreal,
Fall Rummage Sate
Raises Over $900
The ladies of the Auxiliary to the Wingham and District
Hospital are very happy with the returns from their fall rum-
mage sale which was held in the Wingham Are;ia last Saturday
afternoon. The people of the area responded with generous
donations of saleable articles and many other kinds of help,and
together managed once again to raise a sizable sum of money.
The returns by departments
Hunting Accident
Fatal to Boy, 9
A hunter revived a nine-
year-old boy, accidentally shot
in the head by a .22 calibre
bullet, with mouth-to-mouth
respiration, but the boy died
31. hours later in hospital.
Robert Harrison, 0, son of
Mrs, Joan Harrison, was shot at
about 4:45 p.m. Thursday in
the east end of Teeswater
while apparently playing in or
near the fair grounds at the
Agricultural Park.
William McIntyre, 18, of
Teeswater, was hunting rabbits
at the time. When he realized
the boy had been shot 25 feet
away, he immediately applied
mouth-to-mouth respiration
since the boy had stopped
breathing. Following the res-
piration, the boy started breath-
ing again.
The accident was investigat-
ed by Constable Edward Cronin
of Teeswater and a Walkerton
detachment O.P.P. officer,
Dr. P. J. Leahy had the boy
transferred to Wingham Hospi-
tal, but he died about 8:15
p.m. No decision has yet been
taken on an inquest.
Besides his mother, the boy
is survived by a brother, John,
and two sisters, Betty Anne and
Jane. His father, Earl Harrison,
died about five years ago.
PRO CLAM ATIO N
Daylight Saving Time Ends
in the
TOWN of WINGHAM
at 12:01 A.M., on
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27th, 1963
R. S. HETHERINGTON, Mayor,
Town of Wingham.
were: Men's and Women's
Clothing, $279.14; Miscellan-
eous Articles,$138,70; Child-
ren's Wear, $97.85; Hats,
$39.34; Shoes, $88.50; Novel-
ties and China, 869.63; Grocer-
ies and Curtains,$38, 61; Furni-
ture,$118.55; Upholstery sam-
ples,$28.96; Money donations,
$29,00; Total $928.28.
In addition many suitable
items were sorted out and taken
to the hospital where they will
be put to good use,
Several necessary expenses
will need to be covered and the
net profits will he carefully
used to provide "extras" which
could not otherwise he includ-
ed in the services available at
the hospital.
The Ladies' Auxiliary, wishes
to express sincere appreciation
to all those who contributed to
the success of this rummage
sale. These projects are of vi-
taI concern to all people in the
hospital area, and it is hoped
that the latter will continue to
support in any way they can
this work which is being car-
ried on in their interest.
Bruce Robertson
Receives Degree
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Robert-
son,
obertson, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Robert-
son, Mr. and Mrs. Len Craw-
ford and Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Sherwood attended the Fall
Convocation held in the Water-
loo University Theatre Audi-
torium, Saturday, when a
Bachelor of Arts degree was
conferred on Bruce Menzies
the request of Fire Chief James
Carr, who suggested that the
total expenditure should not be
over $1,000,00 as a used truck
would be adequate. He point-
ed out that the pumper carries
500 gallons of water, which is
frequently enough to dampen a
fire down but not enough to
finish the job. A tanker carry*
ing between 1,000 and 1,200
gallons could mean the differ-
ence between saving or losing
a building as often there is no
water available at a rural fire.
He went on to say that the
tanker stationed in Brussels and
owned by the Township of Mor-
ris has already proved its worth.
Representatives from the
township agreed that the plan
was quite worthy and agreed to
support the purchase of the
equipment, but stated it would
be a matter for the councils to
decide. Stewart Procter of
Morris said that the township
already owns one truck, and
there is the possibility of hav-
ing the services of another tank-
er at Blyth. His council would
have to look into the matter
carefully.
Councillor Alan Williams,
of Wingham, pointed out that
the town of Wingham would not
benefit particularly, but would
be more than willing to house
a tanker, and accept a share of
maintenance.
Fire Chief Carr said the
local brigade has some money
which would be donated to-
wards the purchase of a tanker,
and the men could man it with-
out having to add to the eight
members which go to rural fires.
Turnberry• Township was not
represented at the meeting but
the plan will he submitted to
that council for consideration.
Fire Chief Carr also stated
that brigade members were re-
questing an increase in rates
from $1.50 per hour to $3.00
per hour for the first hour of
fire fighting only. lie explain-
ed that frequently the men are
in good clothes when the call
comes in and often have clean-
ing bills. The committee
agreed that this was a reason-
able request and supported the
increase.
Mr, Procter, reeve of Mor-
ris, acted as chairman for the
meeting. Attending were Ross
Smith and Jim Mair of Morris,
Ivan Haskins of Howick, Roy
Pattison and John Coultes of
East Wawanosh as well as Alan
Williams, Len Crawford and
Gordon Buchanan of Wingham.
Town Clerk William Renwick
was secretary.
Robertson.
Bruce is a graduate of Wing -
ham Distirct High School and
Stratford Teachers' College and
is now principal of the new six-
teen room Howick Central
School.
St. Andrew's 101st Anniversary
St. Andrew's Presbyterian
Church observed its 101st an-
niversary on Sunday with Dr,
Ian Rennie of Petawawa asguest
minister. Well attended ser-
vices, with excellent congre-
gational singing at the evening
service in particular, made the
day a memorable one in the
church year. Dr. Rennie's
messages of inspiration were
doctrinal in tone and provided
a good introduction to the ser-
vices of the week.
Mrs. John Ostrom sang "I
Walked Today where Jesus
Walked" at the morning ser-
vice and the choir sang the an-
them, "0 Praise the Lord"., by
Goss.
Dr. Corrin led the congre-
gation in gospel hymn singing
at the comtnencetnent of the
evening service. Gordon Leg -
Batt, George Henderson, John
Donaldson and Rev. Gordon L.
Fish, as a quartet, sang "Thine,
Lord", and the choir anthem
provided music of praise to sup-
plement the preaching of the
word.