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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1964-01-16, Page 1e Single Copy Not Over Ten Cents. Gordon Moir Returned Wingham, Ontario, Thursday, Jan. 16, 1964 onctaZirrue FIRST SECTION Howick ' epresentative Re-elected hairman of ist. School Boar` Gordon Moir, Gorrie, repre- sentative for Howick Township ..an the Wingham District High School Board, was namedchair- rnan of the board for his sec- ond term at the inaugural meet- ing of the board on Thursday evening of last week. Dr. W. A. McKihbon of Wingham was also returned as vice-chairman tor a second term. Normally the board appoints new chairman annually, but `dr. Moir was prevailed upon to remain in the chair as it was felt necessary to retain contin- .:ity on the hoard due to the Luilding program which is still m progress. The chairman named Dr. McKibbon, R. S. MacRae, R. 13. Cousins and J. L. Fortune as a striking committee to set up the committees for 1064. The striking committee's report, adopted by the board, listed the following with the first named as chairman: property, Cousins, McKibbon, Petta- piece, Worrall, G. King; trans- portation, MacRae, Fortune, Pettapiece, Brewer, Taylor, Cardiff; agriculture, Pettapiece, Taylor, W. C. King, MacRae, Brewer; management, Wenger, McKibbon, Cousins, W. C. Krng, Cardiff, Worrall; finance ind insurance, Fortune, Petta- piece, W. C. King, Wenger, G. C. King. ALONG THE MAIN BRAG By The Pedestrian WE WOULD LIKE YOUR CHRISTMAS CARDS -- What have you done with your Christmas cards? There are several organizations that will be glad to take them off your hands, including The Ad- vance -Times. We will also accept old jewellery, patches of material, old nylons — any- thing that could be used by pa- tients at the Ontario Hospital, Goderich for occupational therapy. Just drop your contri- butions in at the office. 0--0--0 JUST LIKE A CITY— Business was certainly good in town on Saturday! The Main Drag looked like lower Yonge Street two days before Christ- mas. Stores were crowded and it was as much as a life was worth to cross the street. The big storm on Friday accounted in part for the Saturday rush. 0--0--0 NIPPY NIGIITS— Thc week's weather has pro - 1 duced all extremes. Following last week's thaw and rain, the temperature dropped and the snow began to blow in, result- ing in a blizzard on Friday that made driving extremely hazard- ous. By the week -end all was . clear again, but the mercury has been sliding down to be- tween 5 and 10 degrees below zero at night, with highs of • about 15 in the daytime. 0--0--0 LARGE GATIIERING- 1 About 100 ladies from the north Huron area gathered at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Wingham on Tues- day of this week for the meet - mg of the Maitland Presbyterial • W. M. S. President was Mrs. Spear of Brussels, 0--0--0 DOING GOOD JO!3— Congrats to the council and town workmen. They are main- taining the main drag excel- gently this winter, The ac- ''enmulated snow at the curbs has been taken away frequently and the driving and parking conditions have been the best. It's a big job,but it is well worth while. Also named was the voca- tional advisory committee which has, as well as several board members, various other appointments. Those named were, from the board, Moir, Fortune, Cousins, Wenger, Mc- Kibbon, MacRae, as well as R. H. Lloyd, Herb Fuller and W. T. Cruickshank of Wing - ham and Ken MacDonald of Teeswater, with C. W. Web- ster of Lucknow and W. Harris of Ripley as representatives of the hoards in the latter two communities. Both send stud- ents to the Wingham school for vocational training. Miss Yvonne McPherson was reappointed secretary -treasurer for the board with an increase in salary. Police James Miller of Wingham was again named school attendance officer for 1964, with no change in salary. Two routine borrowing by- laws were read and approved. One covers borrowing at the bank for normal school expens- es until giants are received to Highway ..ccidents Wreck Two Cars Two separate accidents on Saturday saw two cars badly damaged, but fortunately in- juries were light. Saturday morning a car own- ed and driven by Peter Spekking of Bronte was proceeding south on Highway 4, two miles north of Belgrave when it hit an icy patch on the pavement and went out of control. The vehi- cle took to the east ditch and travelled about 150 feet before striking a pole and turning over. The car was a total wreck, but the driver and six passen- gers received only minor scrat- ches and bruises. With Mr. Spekking were his wife and three children, aged 9, 7 and 6 years, as well as his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Hen- ry Spekking of Walkerton. Mr. Spekking Sr. was being taken by his son to hospital in London for treatment at the time the accident occurred. The mishap was investigated by Provincial Constable Ozzie Whitfield of the Wingham O.P. P. detachment. No charges were laid. The second accident occur- red on Saturday evening about 7.15 when a car driven by Robert Brooks of Wingham, with Harold Lamont of R.R. 5, Wingham, as a passenger, col- lided with the rear end of a truck driven by Borden Litt Jr., of Teeswater, and owned by his father, Borden Litt, In the crash, Lamont receiv- ed facial lacerations and was removed to the Wingham Dis- trict Hospital for treatment. He was released on Monday. The driver was also taken to hospi- tal but was released after first aid treatment for minor injur- ies. The accident happened about a mile north of Wingham and pretty well wrecked the car, Damage to the truck was light. The affair was investi- gated by Provincial Constable Murray Fridenburg of the O. P.P. detachment Wingham. Charges are pending. an aggregate of $600,000.00. The other looks after borrowings for the building account to an aggregate of $300,000.00, Leslie Fortune, chairman of the insurance committee, told the board that his committee had•held a series of meetings to study all aspects of insur- ance carried by the hoard. He said that surveys had been made by two insurance firms and these had been compared as to cost and total coverage. As a result, he moved that the pro- gram presented by Frank Cow- an Co. Ltd., of Princeton, he accepted. The board approved rhe decision. The insurance program covers fire loss to building and contents, liability, boilers, accident, non -owned automobile, a blanket pond and burglary. In his report, Principal Frank Madill stated that attendance in December had averaged 7 7 6 or 95.66 per cent of the 811 students enrolled. He went on to say that February 2,uth and 21st had been tentatively set as the dates for the annual school concert. The principal asked the board's permission to ;and students, under supervis- ion, to Toronto to see "Haim let" at the O'Keefe Centre lat- er this month. Cost of the trip, which would be made by train, would be paid by those attend- ing. The treasurer, Miss Y. Mc- Pherson, said that it appeared the 1963 budget would break even. At the end or Decem- ber there was a balance of a little over $16, 000 of which $13, 400 was in superannuation deductions which are deducted from the 1964 grants, and thus are actually part of the 1964 grant payments to the board. SEVEN PEOPLE escaped injury when this car flipped on its top just north of Belgrave Saturday morning. Owner and driver, Peter Spekking, of Bronte, said he hit an icy patch on the road which sent the car out of control into the left ditch, where it travelled about 150 feet before striking a pole and turning over. Six members of his family, who were passengers, crawled a;.jt of the wreck with only minor scratches. Ex -pupils Greet J. 4. McBurney Former PrncipaI Honored As Cornerstone is Placed The following account frorn "The Whig Standard", King- ston, January 9, will be of in- terest to readers and concerns J. A. McBurney, secretary - treasurer of E. Wawanosh Town- ship School Area Board. " Mr. J. A. McBurney, retired principal of Kingston's Central School, was in the city Wednes- day, January 8th to lay the cornerstone of a new 10 -room Central School. However, a group of persons who were pup- ils under Mr. McBurney wished to pay tribute to their former principal and friend. Approxi- mately 60 former teachers and students joined Kingston's Former Wingham Student Goes To Afghanistan with "Care" Dr. John Mowbray of Saska- toon, his wife and family, have been visiting friends and rela- tives in the district before fly- ing to Afghanistan where he will serve in a medical instruc- tion program aimed at helping that country. John H. Mowbray, M.D., F. R. C. P.(C), is the son of Alex Mowbray, formerly of Wing - ham, and his wife is the former Catherine Johnston, daughter of Dr. Victor Johnston, formerly of Lucknow. After graduation he com- menced medical practice in Stoughton, Sask. Following a post graduate course in Toron- to he returned to Saskatchewan and specialized in internal medicine in the city of Saska- toon, where he has temporarily suspended practice for the next 18 months. Dr. Mowbray will work un- der a CARE project of medical instruction to interns and post graduate students of Afghanis- tan. The aim of the nine year plan, three of which have been completed, is mainly to im- prove the standards of medical teaching at the medical school at Kabul, the capital city of the country. Kabul, with a pop- ulation of 300, 000, is 6, 000 feet above sea level. The na- tional language is Arabic. Physicians that work on the team rotate on a 18 to 24 months basis. Five physicians, four nurses and medical tech- nicians make up the continual- ly rotating team. Theirinstruc- tion to the Afghans is mainly done through interpreters. LEGION OFFICERS INSTALLED—The 1964 slate of officers for Wingham Branch 180 of the Royal Canadian Legion was installed on Friday evening by a team of ten members from Branch 156, Seaforth. Seated, from the left are: Willis Hall, first vice-president; Dave Crothers, president; Allan Nicholson, of Seaforth, Deputy Zone Commander, Zone C1, who installed Comrade Crothers; John Strong, second vice- president; standing are: Lloyd Elliott, financial secretary; Ken Simmons, recording secretary; William Hogg, treasur- er, and Ian Edwards, Sgt: at-Arris.--A-T Photo. Board of Education personnel to acknowledge his achievements in Kingston at a testimonial dinner on the eve of January 8th. "George Mavety, a student in Mr. McUumey's final year as principal was chairman and presented him with a suitable plaque engraved to man< his laying of a cornerstone of the new public school. "Messages of congratulations were received from local mem- bers of parliament and Mayor W. T. Mills. The formerprin- cipal received words of praise from A. C. Ritter, director of education; W. E. Doubleday, chairman of the board of edu- cation; Miss Marion Holland, vice principal of Central School Clive Hunter, school inspector; Gordon Ego, retired teacher; Mel. Highland, board member; Rev. Kenneth Crawford and Mr. Mavety, former pupils. School janitor Alfred Burton presented Mr. McBurney with a picture of the old Central School of which he was principal from 1929 to 1956." Mr. McBurney is a native of East Wawanosh, a graduate of Wingham High School and an Arts Graduate of Queen's Uni- versity. Upon retirement in 1956 he returned to East Waw- anosh to buy a farm where he pursues his hobbies of hunting, fishing and gardening. His in- terest in education continues for he serves as secretary -treasurer for the East Wawanosh Town- ship School Area Board. Wien this body met on Monday eve- ning, hearty congratulations were voted Mr. McBurney for well deserved recognition of fine work. The people of this district would like to add their congrat- ulations. Reeve Will Seek County Wardenship Reeve Roy Adair of Wing - ham will be one of the candid- ates for the wardenship of Hur- on County when the January session opens on Tuesday of next week: Others seeking the post will be Reeve Ralph Jewell of Colborne Township and Reeve Glenn Webb of Stephen Township. The town of Wing - ham has not been represented by a warden for almost 40 years. Four new councilors will take their places on the Huron Council next week. They will be E. U. Mcllwain, deputy reeve of Goderich Township; Kenneth Stewart, reeve of Mc- Killop Township; Lorne Durnin, reeve of West Wawanosh Town- ship and Nelson Cardno, reeve of Seaforth. BRUCE COUNTY In Bruce County three couni cillors are seeking the post of warden; Reeve Chester Emmer- ton of Huron Township; Ross - well Smith of Amab-1 Town- ship and Rudolph Siegner of Carrick Township. Seaforth Team Installed Legion, Auxiliary Officers A team of ten comrades from Branch 156 Royal Cana- dian Legion, Seaforth, visited tlic Wingham branch on Friday evening to install the new slate of officers for 1964. John I lol- land, public relations officer at Clinton, was the master of ceremonies. Legion president, David Crothers was installed in an im- pressive ceremony by Allan Nicholson, of Seaforth, Deputy Zone Commander, Zone Cl., and Mrs. Jack Corrie, Auxiliary president by Mrs. W. McCann, Zone Commander, Branch 307 I low ick. Other Legion officers instal- led included: 1st viee-president, Willis Hall; !,nd vice-president, John Strong; secretary, Ken- neth Simmons; financial secre- tary, Lloyd Elliott; treasurer, William I logg; Sgt. -at -Arms, Ian Edwards; service bureau of- ficer, Lloyd Carter; chaplain, DeWitt Miller; executive com- mittee, Douglas Rathbun, Ted Moszkowski, Jack Corrie, Roht. Hickey, Verdun Ducharmc, Hugh gland, Alvin Seli; trustee, Peter Vath; past president, Glen Sinnamon. Auxiliary officers installed included, 1st vice-president, Mrs. Keith McLaughlin; :Ind vice-president, Mrs. John Strong; corresponding secrctan, Mrs. George Brooks; recording secretary, Mrs. Harold Ross; treasurer, Mrs. William Ren- wick; Sgt. -at-Arms, Mrs. Roht. Irvine; executive committee, Mrs. David Crothers, Mrs. Emily Elston, Mrs. George Day, Mrs. George Johnston, Mrs. William Walden, Mrs. Gordon Simmons; past president, Mrs. Verdun Ducharmc.