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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1963-12-31, Page 1FXRST $ECTION ebt tong tun Wingham, Ontario, Tuesday, Dec, 31, 1963 Sixteen Rinks Entered the Bonspiel Held Boxing Day The sixteen rinks entered in a two -draw Boxing Day bon - spiel at the Wingham Curling Club had a bang up time at the roaring game last Thursday. Overall winner was Carl Schaefer and his foursome, who won the 11.00 o'clock draw with three wins and plus of 20. With Carl were C. Mahood, L. Edwards and K. McKague, all of Teeswater. They defeated Ross Robinson, who skipped his three brothers, Roy, Masonand Charles to win the early draw with three wins and plus of nine. In second place in the 9.00 o'clock draw was Murray Rae's rink with two and eleven. He ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By The Pedestrian By The Pedestrian LOTS OF IT— OK you Florida fans. Now you can laugh with glee, we're up to our ears in snow and it gets deeper every day. There has been almost continual snow- fall since a day or two before Christmas and there are still no signs of a let-up. Temperatures have ranged downward fairly close to the zero mark. Driv- ing conditions have not been good, although winds have not reached the blizzard velocity which was so common last win- ter. With snow piling high, however, a stiff wind would cap the climax. 0--0--0 ROUGH WORK— Workmen on the sewer pro- ject are still struggling to make some headway, despite the snow, although operations have been cut back. On Monday morning a big bulldozer was at work on the section immediate- ly east of Leopold St., clear- ing back accumulated drifts. 0--0--0 SANG CAROLS— There were about 20 singers out with the Harmony Men for Christmas carolling on the eve- ning of December 23rd, includ- ing one girl, Patsy Zurbrigg. The group sang at the town hall, went on to the hospital and then to the Senior Citizens' Apartments. At the latter building two of the residents re- galed the singers with a tasty lunch. was supported by E, Webster, D, Rathbun and Carl Johnston. In third spot with two and ten was the rink skipped by Jack Lloyd along with H. Fisher, H. Hotson and G. Gibson. Conso- lation went to Norm Rintoul and sons Bob, Paul and Bill. Second prize in the late draw was taken by Jack Tervit who played with M. Shiell, Jack Shiell, Bill Rowal, with a two and eleven Count, Clark Renwick skipping H. Miller, J. Inglis and L. Harper won third spot with two wins and a plus of nine. Consolation went to Harley Crawford. Other rinks entered in the bonspiel were skipped by Doug Spry, Jim Murray, Jim Coultes, Tom McDonald, Omar Hasel- grove, J. Nixon, Bob Hether- ington and H. Walsh. Christmas Program at Golden Circle School The climax of preparations for Christmas came last Friday for the pupils of Golden Circle School, when they presented their annual Christmas program. The classrooms were decorated with silver stars, angels, Christ- mas stockings and Santas, which had been made by the children. The program included songs, a solo, rhythm band numbers, a pantomime, and a drill, "Parade of the Wooden Sold - Mrs. R. Peterman Resided Here Mrs, Robert Peterman, 81, a former resident of Wingham, died in London on Christmas eve. She had been ill for many years. Born in Turnberry Township, she was the former Agnes For- gie. After her marriage to Mr. Peterman in September, 1909, they resided in Delmore for a short time and then moved to Wingham, where they resided until going to London about 13 years ago. Mrs. Peterman is survived by her husband and one daughter, Mrs. Grant McLean of Wing - ham; a brother, William For- gie and a sister, Miss Mary Forgie, both of Wingham; one grandson and a great-grand- daughter. Funeral service was held in London on Friday morning with interment in Forest Lawn Mem- orial Gardens. iers" . Costumes for the latter were gold hats, white satin sashes and gold swords. The attentive audience in- cluded the parents, volunteer helpers, the school nurse, Mrs. Vernon Reid, members of the Association and friends. Mrs. Richard Kilpatrick showed a movie of Santa's Vil- lage at Bracebridge and the highlight of the afternoon was the arrival of Santa Claus him- self. There were gifts for all in his bag and the pupils had special gifts for their mothers and the helpers. Carrying out the gold color scheme from the name of the school, there were gold bottles sprinkled with blue sparkle dust which held poin- settias or candles. These were made from plastic bleach bot- tles, weighted with plaster of paris. There were also baskets made from Christmas cards and candle holders made from large spools. Lunch was served by the helpers and the principal, Mrs. Jack Reavie. This year's volunteers are Mrs. Ted English, Mrs. Hans Schipper, Mrs. James Seli, Mrs. George Galbraith, Mrs. Ross Gordon, Mrs. W. T. Lapp, Mrs. Ivan Gardner, Mrs. Wm. For- syth and Mrs. J. C. McIntyre. Substitutes are Mrs. Gordon Sutcliffe, Mrs. Stewart Leed- ham, Mrs. Kilpatrick and Mrs. Ted Elliott. Home helpers, who accommodate the young- sters over their noon hours are Mrs. Jake Hildebrand, Mrs. Frank Collar, Mrs. Robt, Hol- lenbeek and Mrs. Breckenridge. RANDY MARTYN, centre, is pictured as he was presented with the Royal Canadian Legion Trophy, Branch 180, Wingham, which is up for annual competition in the Junior Conservation Club. Some eight boys wrote the necessary tests on conservation, His father, Ted Martyn, a Legion member, left, made the presentation, as Ab Rintoul, president of the Sportsmen's Club, looks on. --A-'1' Photo, Single Copy Not Over 'Fen Cents. FIRST PRIZE IN THE LEGION COMPETITION for outdoor Christmas decorations was won by Fred Porter, of Leopold Street. The Porter home is pictured above and is a real show piece even carrying lights on the top of the TV mast. It is one of many homes that this year carried beautiful decorations in the festive spirit.—A-T Photo. Sarnia Sahara Retreat Enjoyed by Young People A three-aay retreat, filled with inspiring, meaningful and memorable hours, was the pleasure of over 40 teen-agers of the St. Andrew's Presbyter- ian Church of Wingham at the beautiful and fabulous Sahara Motel in Sarnia. The arrival time of Mr. Cameron's busload of excited William Casemore Died at Hospital The death of a well-known resident took place at the Wing - ham and District Hospital on Sunday when William John Case - more passed away following a long illness. Mr. Casemore was born in Turnberry Township 76 years ago, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Casemore. He was educated in Turnberry and mar- ried the former Alma Cooke, in May, 1921. They had resid- ed in Wingham most of their married life, where Mr. Case - more was a moulder at the Western Foundry for some 28 years. He retired 10 years ago. He was a member of the Wing - ham United Church, Wingham Branch 180, Royal Canadian Legion and Wingham Lodge No. 794, L.O.L. Surviving are his wife and one son, Carl, both of Wing - ham; a sister, Mrs. Ethel Kirk- wood of Kitchener, and one grandson. A sister, Mrs. Sarah Jenkins, died a few hours after Mr. Casemore, at Huronview, Clinton. Service will be held today (Tuesday) at 2 p.m. at the R. A. Currie & Sons funeral home with Rev. Cecil M. Jardine in charge, and interment will be in Wingham Cemetery, Pall- bearers will be Gordon David- son, DeWitt Miller, Bill Hen- derson, Herbert Fuller, Ken Cerson and Frank Burke, —Mrs. Louise Porter, Miss Pamela Porter and Miss Ruby Campbell of Toronto visited at Christmas with Mr. and Mts. David Cameron. teen-agers at the Sahara was 3.00 p. m. December 26th. The excellently planned schedule included the Rev. Roger Green as the guest speak- er following the theme "The Way", devotions, prayers, Bible study, missionary films, discussions, sing songs, sports, games and swimming. Departure time was 1.00 p.m. December 28 with every- one present wishing to return to such an enjoyable retreat in the near future. The young people are grate- ful to Rev. and Mrs. G. L. Fish, who helped to plan and make possible the Sahara re- treat. Rev, and Mrs. Green, Mr. and Mrs. R. Campbell, who supervised the sports and Mr. Gordon Leggatt who sup- ervised the program. The St. Andrew's Young People wish everyone a Happy New Year and invite all interested teen- agers to attend the meetings in the coming year. Week of Prayer to Start on January 6 Mrs. S. Jenkins Died in London Mrs. Sarah Jenkins, widow of the late William R. Jenkins, died at Victoria Hospital, Lon- don, early Monday. Her death followed that of her brother, William J. Casemore, by only a few hours. A native of Turnberry Town- ship, she was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Case - more. Following her marriage to Mr. Jenkins they resided in Turnberry until his death in 1958. She had been a resident of Huronview for the past year. At time of writing funeral arrangements were not com- plete. —Mr. and Mrs. Don Haw- thorne and Susan and PeterCar- michael of Toronto visited dur- ing the Christmas holidays with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Carmichael. The annual week of prayer services will be held in the new Salvation Army Citadel an Edward Street commencing next Monday evening, Jan. 6, and continuing through to Fri- day evening. The speaker on Monday eve- ning will be Rev. Gordon L. Fish of St. Andrew's Presbyter- ian Church; Tuesday, Rev. C. F. Johnson, of St. Paul's Angli- can; Wednesday, Rev. Don Sinclair, Baptist Church; Thurs- day, Rev. Cecil M, Jardine, United Church, and Friday, Pas- tor J. Hammond, Pentecostal Church. --Mr, and Mrs. Andy Bell and family of Petrolia spent the Christmas holidays with her parents, Mr, and Mrs. Frank Edgar and Shirley. Miss Joan Edgar of London is spending a Christmas vacation with her parents. The Bell family also visited with Mrs. Matthew Bell, at Huronview in Clinton, SHOOTING TROPHIES—At parents' night of the Junior Conservation Club assistant instructor Frank Caskanette, right, present- ed prizes for marksmanship to Randy Martyn who won the Bennett Trophy in the under 14 class, left, and centre, Beverley Cook who won the Bondi Trophy in the 15 to 18 year group.--A-T Photo