HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1964-04-02, Page 8Ten Businessmen Lead
Merchants Prove Value of Beautification
In view of the Interest
which has been aroused in the
business and professional sec-
tions of the community by the
recent re -organization of the
Wingham Business Association
the following article should he
of wide interest. It is re -print-
ed from The St. 'Thomas Times
Journal, supplied to us by Rev.
(r, L, Fish,
BEAUTIFICATION PLAN TO BE
EXPANDED DURING 1904
An organized move to dyes:
up store and overhead apart-
ment fronts on Talbot Street
was undertaken m one block of
the train thoroughfare last sum•
mer and judging by the com-
ments heard on the results the
inovation is likely to he expand•
ed.
The Norwich Plan, as the
scheme is called, was put into
effect by ten husiness men and
women on the north side of I'al
but Street between John and
Flora Streets. The results were
amazing as paint was applied
and overhead signs were dis-
carded and replaced by store-
front -level designations. Other
changes -- eye appealing but
inexpensive -- were also made.
Originating in Norwich,
England, ;n 1:4&7, the flan has
spread across rhe oeean to Can-
ada and particularly rly in Ontario
is being accepted to many pro-
gress -conscious eomtnunities.
I'he purpose of the plan
might he likened to the steps
taken by a woman who desires
to remain in style, vet appear
distinctive and different. So
with t::e plan, designated to
give a dressed -up appearance
to store fronts, ~;Mile at the
same time stressing; care that
color tones do net conflict with
these of adjoining stores.
Stressing the good points
and a minimizing the had is of
prime importance and that,
prec:scly has been accotIlp-
lished in the John -to -Flora
Street block,
Ile initiation of the
sc!n.nic began early last spring
wht.n metm ers of the Board of
Trade heard about the effects
:beim; obtained through its in-
'stitutien. It was, they were
told a boon to husiness and a
bane to depression.
During a number of cot -
tee break meetings held at the
Y. M. C. A. the Plan was dis-
cussed and a filth, , , , obtained
from Norwich, was shown to
husiness and industrial heads.
The first presentation of
the scheme drew a favorable
response from 'Talbot Street
property owners and a question-
naire seeking opinions was cir-
culated, The Board of Trade
eagerly awaited the results.
LEADER NEEDED
Again the response was
favorable but it remained for
someone to take the lead in a
pilot project,
R. W,Richardson, proprietor
Al
Churches
Tie I Ii -C Young People's
Group welcomed Taster Day
with ,1 sunrise service in the
United Church .tt
Re\ , C. NI. Jardine spoke on
"The Hidden Victor". He
was assisted by Donald Rintoul,
pre•sidan1 of 1fi-C, who led in
the re.p0tnsi\e lesson .ind wel-
comed those present. Break-
fast was served by a unit of the
U. . t , . W.
Mr. Jardi)e's su. jeet for the
ieguh1r morning, service was
"We Know lie Is Risen". The
sen;or eLt`ii sang the anthem
"Christ Is Risen" (Maunder) and
Mrs. George Guest sang" The
Resurrection Mlorn" (Rodney).
Just be:ore: the benediction the
choral selection, "Hallelujah
Chorus' (Handel:The Messiah),
was sung hj the senior choir.
H. C, 1'reneer was the organ-
ist and director of music.
ST. PAUL'S
Holy Communion was cel -
ei'rated in a quiet service at
5.30 Sunday morning and ag-
ain in the evening.
Achievement Day
Set for May 2
Huron County 4 -II Home-
making Clubs are nearing the
:ompletion of their winter pro-
tect "What Shall I Wear?".
This project has involved the
study of wardrobe planning
through a knowledge of col-
our, harniony and design as
well as clothing construction
through making a blouse.
Achievement Day for local
clubs will he held in Howick
Central School on May 2.Each
girl will exhibit her record
hook, wardrobe or costume
chart and blouse.
Claude Coffin Passes While
Family Here forAnniversary
W11ITECHURC.1I-On Sat-
urday afternoon Mrs. Claude
Coffin and all mei.:, ers •f he:
fan:.1e \ :site d w.ti; :. r Ilia. and,
a pat.t.nt at tl:e Ontario 1iospi-
tal, Goder:ch. Later tl:at
e',en: ig tlttt :ecu aid word that
tie had passed a„a, dile to a
heart attac.e.
NL. :d Mr.. Coffin were
to ha,e Celebrated their3Eth
wedding ain:\ersart, which
Was wh. ire fain:`, of tentyere
all at t,tr:t for the ween -end.
Mr. Coff:n was :porn in New-
foundland. He was e5 and was
the son of Mrs. Jessie e.off:n of
Joe Batts Arens, Nfdl.. and the
late Ep'ltrian: Cofftn.
lit was educated :n New-
foundland and '.' ecame a school
ttaci'.e::. fit' served with the
Roy al Canadian Medical Corps
from 11'•t: to 1i1: !,
He was a member of the
Lo) al orange Lodge and the
;Octet'. of 1 Hired Fishermen,
St. John 's Lodge, Newfound-
land.
NIr. Coffin married Enitna
Laight of Whitechurch at La-
chine, Que. , 35 years ago.
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She survives with their ten chil-
dren, Mrs. Wm. (Eva) Higgins
of Galt, Mrs. Robert (Caroline)
Dent of Dorval, Que.., George
and Clifton of Hespeler, Allen
of Kitchener, Richard of Ver-
dun Que. , Peter of Galt, David
of Montreal, Alex and John,
both at home and 15 grandchil-
dren. Also surviving are his
mother, a brother George of
Bishop Falls, Nfdl. , and a sis-
ter, Mrs. Fred Freake of Joe
Batts Arms, Nfdl.
Mr. and Mrs. Coffin moved
to Whitechurch three years ago
and nave been members of St.
Paul's Anglican Church, Wing -
ham, since coming to the dis-
trict.
The funeral was on Tuesday
with Rev. C.F. Johnson con-
ducting the service at St. Paul's.
Interment was in Hespeler ce-
metery..
Pallbearers were Douglas
Laight of Sarnia, William
Freake of Toronto, Steve Ben-
nett, Galt, Bert Elliott of lies -
puler, Frank Godin of Toronto,
Lyle Freake, Toronto.
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olc Easter Services
A large congregation attend-
ed the 11 o'clock service of
morning prayer and Eastercom-
ltiumon. Rev. C.F. Johnson
gave an Easter message, lea v-
ung for meditation the quota-
tion of Jesus, "I am the way;
follow me. I am the truth;
learn of one. 1 am the life;
abide in the,”
The choir directed by Mrs.
G. L, Davidson sang "Open the
Gates of The Temple".
ST. ANDREW'S
Special music was directed
by Harold V. Pym for both
morning and evening services
at St. Andrew's.
In the morning the junior
choir sang a number which
combined "For God So Loved
the World" and "Thank You
Lord". The senior choir sang
the Hallelujah Chorus and
George Henderson sang a solo,
"Were You There?" Rev. G. L.
Fish spoke on "The Logic of
Easter."
Gail Henderson sang
"Christ's Great Victory" in the
evening. "He's the One I
Love" was sung by a trio, Mrs.
John Day, Mrs. G, L. Fish and
Mrs. Betty Feagan, Mr. Fish
chose "Easter Responsibility"
as the topic of his sermon.
WINGHAM BAPTIST
Rev. Donald Sinclair con-
ducted both morning and even-
ing services in the Baptist
',hurch. His sermon, "The
Meaning of Easter" was based
on Acts 4:33 in the morning
and at night he chose "The
Message of Easter", from the
words of the angel at the tomb
"He is risen", as recorded in
Mark 1u:6.
Misses Helen and Ruth Botch
kiss of Kitchener sang a duet,
"How Far Was It to Calvary?"
with Miss Lois Sinclair at the
organ and Miss Ruth Sinclair as
pianist, during the morning
worship service,
A Young people's choir
took part in the evening ser-
vice., and sang the anthem,
"He Rose Triumphantly". Miss
Faye Procter played the piano
and Miss Lois Sinclair presided
at the organ.
SALVATION ARMY
Paul Richard Finley , son of
Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Fin-
ley was dedicated under the
Salvation Army colors at the
Citadel on Sunday morning,
with Herbert Phillips as color
sergeant. During the dedica-
tion Beverley Rawn sang
"Mothers of Salem".
Easter hymns and choruses
were sung and Capt. G.S.
Newman spoke on "The Power
of the Resurrection". His
evening topic was "The Unex-
pected Christ".
Mrs. Wm. Henderson was
pianist for corps singing and
accompanied the soloist.
County School Areas
New legislation Proposes
larger Board Groupings
GODERT•OH—Under legisla-
tion before the present session
at Queen's Park it will become
mandatory for county councils
to appoint a "public school con-
sultative committee" which may
be directed to report on estab-
lishment of "county" school
areas. This information, which
caused some puzzlement in Hu-
ron County Council, was brought
to attention in a letter from
Hugh Grigg, former mayor of
M.m:co, now secretary of the
Trustees' and Ratepayers' As-
sociation, who warned that the
proposed changes would "put
the counties more in the educa-
tion business". He pointed out
that the matter would come up
at the O,E.A, sessions in Toron-
to and added, "No doubt your
council will want to take some
action before July 1 tmentioned
in several sections of the new
legislaticni.
Deputy Reeve Tom Howard,
of Ashfield. suggested that an
official from the department of
education be invited to come
up and clarify the situation.
Presenting the report of the
council's legislative and educa-
tional committee, he recommend-
ed that membership be taken
this year in the Ontario Educa-
tional Association and that the
warden and clerk be delegates
to the convention.
Bill 53 before the Ontario
Legislature. contains only one
amendment to the Secondary
e:icoa and Boards of Educa-
tion Act: (1a) Where any part
or parts of a township are not
included in a secondary school
district, the council of the coun-
ty of which the township forms
a hart i :.. 4y 1,y -law passed
before the first day of July,
1964, attach such part or parts
of the tcyrs:..p to a high school
district in accordance with sub-
section 1 of section 8 and such
by-law shall become effective.
notwithstanding section 20. on
the lst day of January. 1965.
Section 13 at present provides
that the council of a township
may pass a by-law to unite two
or more sehool sections, etc.
Section 14 provides that "where
in the cpirwn of the inspector a
change in assessment, popula-
t.o,. e>r cthertvisc• has so mater-
ially affected a school section
that a readjustment of boundar-
its thereof is required . . . the
council of the municipality may
pass a by-law for rt adjustment
of the boundaries." Under the
present section 15 "the council
of a county at the request of a
majority of the councils of the
townships in the county for a
readjustment of the boundaries
of school sections in the county
shall appoint arbitrators as pro-
vided by section 48," etc.
Some new sections are as fol-
lows:
13. (1) Every council of a
county shall appoint a public
school consultative committee of
three or five public school rate-
payers, and a public sohool in-
spector, designated by the min-
ister, shall be secretary of the
committee but not entitled to
vote as a member.
(2) The council of a county
may direct the committee to re-
port on petitions for the estab-
lishment or enlargement of
county school areas and to ob-
tain information and make re-
commendations in detail regard-
ing t a) the desirability of es-
tablishing or enlarging county
school areas, comprising two or
more municipalities or parts
thereof, and (b) any other mat-
ters affecting public school edu-
cation in the county.
Section 4 states that the re-
commendations of the commit-
tee are not binding upon the
minister, the county council or
any of the public school boards
having jurisdiction in the coun-
ty.
(6) The council of a county
may, by by-law passed before
the 1st day of July in any year,
establish, as recommended by
the consultative committee, the
whole or any part of the coun-
ty as a county school area.
(7) The council of a county
may, by by-law passed before
the 1st day of July in any year,
include in a county school area
one or more municipalities in an
adjoining county or counties of
the council or councils of the
adjoining county or counties,
by resolution consent thereto
within a days after the passing
of the by-la•.v.
' S ` L.'ht:: a by-law passed
u der ire -:cin 6 colics into
foret ' . school section that
is wholly induded in the county.
school eire.3 et ascs to exist and
I the board of such section is dis-
solved and all thr real and per-'
F sonal prop rty vested in such
board :s v' sled in the board of
the er.unty school area.
of Richardson's Men's Wear, and
one of the chief proponents of
the brightening -up campaign,
organized the other nine bus-
inesses in the John -to -Flora
block and the gears setting the
wheels in motion were meshed,
The merchants, working
quietly -- they preferred to
let the Plan results speak for
themselves --engaged J. Fred
Green, St. Thomas architect,
and a color consultant from the
Glidden Paint Company for ex-
pert advice.
The work was begun and
by mid -summer the block had
changed appearance almost
completely. What a difference
a little paint and an adjustment
to fixtures here and there made
The pastel shades chosen
matched perfectly, yet at the
same time that distinctive ap-
pearance that sets one store ap-
art from another was maint-
tained. Besides the painting,
the large display windows in
each store were blocked and
artificial planters were in-
stalled on some of the apart-
ment sills above the shops. On
others, wrought -iron railings
were affixed.
NO OVERHANGING SIGNS
In a number of instances
new awnings replaced those un-
able to coincide with the new
look and not one overhanging
sign remains in the block today
All are fastened to or painted
on the store at front level.
The Norwich Plan was.
heartily endorsed by CityCoun,
cil from the outset, and al-
though a new lighting system
was planned long before the
scheme was introduced in St.
Thomas, the new luminaires on
Talbot Street help to accentu-
ate the colorful store fronts.
Another assist given the
proponents of the plan by the
Council was a bylaw prohibit-
ing new store residents to in-
stall overhanging signs. It also
stipulated that existing over-
hanging signs must be replaced
by front level signs within five
years' time.
Although the Norwich Plan
is expected to be extended ex-
tensively on Talbot and adjoin-
ing streets when favorable
weather comes again, several
community -minded merchants
embarked on a brightening -up
project of their own immed-
iately the results of the Plan
were displayed. These include
Ross Furriers, Rylands Flower
Shop, St. Thomas Travel Ag-
ency, Medlyn Hardware Store,
Thomas Master Food Market
and a number of others.
Innumerable comments
have been heard as to the of -
fect the spruce -up project has
had on St. Thomas residents
and not one of them has been
derogatory.
The one brightened block
has made a tremendous impress-
ion. It is not hard to contem-
plate what a city-wide busin-
ess area participation in the
plan would have on out-of-
town industrialists and other
business officials who visit St.
Thomas.
(11) There shall be a board
of public school trustees for ev-
ery county school area, which
shall be composed of the sante
number of trustees and elected
in the same manner as boards
of education under sections 55
and 56 of the Secondary Schools
and Boards of Education Act,
except that there shall be no ap-
pointed trustees, provided that
where the number of trustees
is fewer than five or more than
nine, the minister on request of
a majority of the councils of the
municipalities concerned may
determine the number of trus-
tees to be elected for each mu-
nicipality and their terns of of-
fice.
1'12' The municipality or mu-
nicipalities that have more than
one-half the assessment for pub-
lic school purposes in the county
school area, as shown by the
last revised assessment roll shall
be deemed to be a majority for
tl purposes of subsection 11.
(14) A board of a county
school area has all the powers
and shall rxercise all of the du-
tirs of a township school area
board.
Page 8 -Wingham Advance Times, Thursday, April 2, 1964
Barbershoppers
Sing -out for
Sweet Adolines
Regular practice for the Har-
mony Men was suspended last
week in order to fully thank
their ladies for letting them out
to one year of meetings and
what better way than giving
them a night out in splendid
company mixed with a dash of
beautiful Barbershop harmony.
Twenty-five couples were pre-
sent at Danny's for a delicious
meal followed by an unusual ev-
ening's entertainment arranged
by President George Cousins
and Assistant Director Bill Con-
nell. Winners of the lucky
draws were Joe Clark, Ray
Walker and Mrs. Arnold Taylor.
The gentlemen winners received
long play records starring the
quartette finalists of the 1963 in-
ternational contest, All the la-
dies were presented with flow-
ery favors.
After dinner .a new game was
played by two quartettes. They
called it quartette charades.
Each member of the foursome
had to silently act out a song
title until his three buddies
came up with it. As a reward
the winners were allowed to
sing one of their songs in true
quartette style. A consolation
prize was awarded to the losers
as well—and they had to sing
one too. This event caused a
lot of good-natured laughter
from the spectators, who spent
most of their time heckling and
prompting the contestants.
The president directed his
comments to the case for "char-
tering" and final plans were
made for the Kitchener trip. It
is hoped that as many as 25
singers will go and show them
that the Harmony Men mean
business and really want to
sing. Several interesting speech-
es were made outlining what is
hoped to be done this year and
although it wasn't mentioned,
there was a feeling that some-
thing concrete should be done
about a ladies' chorus. Other
cities have these groups and
they are called "Sweet Ado -
lines". Some people call it
"Barbershopetting". These
groups are a real pleasure to
listen to and CKNX fans are go-
ing to have a taste of this on
the May 11 "10.30 Show,"
The evening closed with sev-
eral "live" numbers by the
chorus.
If paint gathers in the rim
of the paint can, a couple of
nail holes will let it run back
into the can. The lid will be
easy to replace and will seal
the holes completely.
Homemaking
Clubs
SEWETTES
BELGRAVE-The sixth meet-
ing was held at the home of
Donna Grashy on Monday, when
the home economist, Miss Da-
mude was present.
Ruth Michie read the minutes
of the last meeting, The roll
call was answered by sugges-
tions for the exhibit for the
Achievement Day. Nextmeet-
ing is to be held on Saturday
at '7.30.
Mrs. Black gave out pro-
grams for the Achievement
Day. Miss Damude was shown
the charts and blouses and she
demonstrated how to do a but-
tonhole,
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FASHIONETTES
LAKELET-The sixth meet -
was held on March 26 at the
Lakelet Institute hall
Demonstrations were given
on setting in sleeves, French
seams, reinforcing underarm
seams, and fitting the blouse.
Notes were then taken on these
points, and the girls spent the
remaining time sewing on their
blouses.
They are looking forward to
having the County home econ-
omist at their next meetingdur-
ing the Easter holidays.
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SUNNY PLAN-ETTES
GORRIE-The fifth meeting
was held in the basement of
St. Stephen's Church on March
13. Nine members and two
leaders were present.
The meeting was opened with
the pledge and motto. The roll
call was a report on progress of
each chart. Judy Galbraith
read the minutes of the last
meeting. The discussion was
on fitting the blouse. Mrs.
Stokes demonstrated a rein-
forcement of a curved seam.
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