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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1964-05-07, Page 1Rummage Sale Slated for May 23 The Ladies' Auxiliary to the Wingham and District Hospital met in the council chambers on Monday, of last week with Mrs. J. W. English in the chair, The minutes of the annual meeting were read and approv- ed. The members were re- minded that the meeting dates have been set for the fourth Monday of January, April, June, September and November in a the hope that this will be a more convenient day of the week for many members. The corresponding secretary was asked to contact a special speaker for the June 22meeting which will be held at the . • nurses' residence and to which all interested ladies of thecom• munity are invited. The treasurer submitted her report, and the corresponding secretary read a letter from H. L, Sherbondy, office manager • at the hospital. In it the Auxil- iary was thanked for the sham- poo equipment and hair dryer, valued at $225.72, which has been provided for the use of the patients. It was announced that in connection with Hospi- tal Day, May 12, a tag day will be held in Wingham and district. The meeting was told that a diathermy machine is needed at the hospital for the purpose of deep heat treatment in the therapy department. TheAux- ▪ iliary has been approached con- cerning this need, and at pre- sent a reconditioned unit, val- ued at $600.00, is being con- sidered. The spring rummage sale • will be held in the Wingham Arena on Saturday, May 23. Workers and donations will be needed and appreciated, The meeting was adjourned and the Auxiliary will meet again on Monday, June 22. • e. —AMU— ALONG THE MAIN DRAG 01. III MM.. By The Pedestrian By The Pedestrian CARRY ON BOYS - Jack Walker caught the urge from Elmer. Wilkinson and has had the front of his store re- painted. We hope that many other merchants will get the same idea and that the business district will take on a really new look. It does a lot to at- tract customers and it helps the storekeeper's morale no end. 0--0--0 THERE'S A SONG IN THE AIR - That buzzing you hear is neither new -hatched mosqui- toes nor the first indications of a cold in the head. It's cre- ated by dozens of your neigh- bors out with their powerlawn mowers for the first cutting of the season. 0--0--o MORE IMPROVEMENTS - John and Jim Currie are in process of setting up an attrac- tive display section in their store for their giftware iten-,c. New shelving and decorative background will enhance the interior appearance consider- ably. 0-0--0 INSPECTION TONIGHT- Tonight{(Thursday) towns- +, people will be able to watch thi the annual cadet inspection at the WDHS campus. This event 'is always most interesting to ✓ parents and friends of the stu- dentbody, The inspection starts at 7,00 p.m. 0"0--0 PREVIEW FILM- ' There will be a preview of films in the Council Chambers at 8.00 p.m. Monday by the Blue Water Film Federation for • the purpose of purchasing new films. All interested persons are welcome. 0--0--0 MAJOR IMPROVEMENT - A tremendous improvement may be seen in the quality of pictures on the screen of the Ly- ceum Theatre since the instal- lation of the latest type projec- tion room lighting. The qual- ity of pictures to be seen here compares ver, favourably with that in the largest city theatres. ebt attre noteZinve FIRST SECTION Wingham, Ontario, Thursday, May 7, 1964 Single Copy Not Over Ten Cents KINSMEN ASK COUNCIL FOR CONTROL OF FIREWORKS The local Kinsmen Club, meeting at Danny's Restaurant on Monday night, passed a res- olution to be forwarded to the town council asking for local legislation to regulate and con- trol the use of fireworks, The action followed a letter from the local fire brigade which was read at the club and Toronto, London Subscribers Note Subscribers to The Advance -Times who reside in Toronto and London are asked to note delivery dates of their paper for the next few weeks. We have received several com- plaints that only one section of the paper was being deliver- ed. In order to surmount the problem we have, for the past two weeks, been individually wrapping all copies of the pa- per going into these two cities, so that there will be no pos- sibility of sections being lost in the mail. It is possible that this same inconvenience is being ex- perienced in other out-of-town points, If so, please drop a line to the A -T office so that we can take some action to assure you of prompt and trouble-free delivery. VISITING CLUBS HEAR OUTSTANDING SPEAKER The Business and Profession- al Women's Club held its monthly dinner meeting in the basement of St. Andrew's Pres- byterian Church Tuesday eve- ning with around 100 of their own members and friends, and visiting clubs of the district at- tending. Those from a dis- tance were from Wiatton, Ow- en Sound, Alliston, Hanover, Walkerton, as well as Miss Joan Wilson of Guelph, the president elect of the B. and P. W. Clubs of Ontario. After dinner a sing -song was enjoyed led by Mrs. Emerson Shera with Mrs. Carl Douglas at the piano. Thr•• special speaker for the The srecialspeaker for the evening was Miss Isabel Men- zies of Montreal, who is past - president of the Canadian Fed- eration and served on the board of the Federation for 20 years. She was also a member of the board of Montreal Club for seven years. Miss Menzies was a chairman of the com- mittee which re -wrote the Fed- eration hand -book in 1958, was co-chairman of the Interna- tional Committee for the Con- gress held in Montreal in 1956 when over 1, 000 members from 25 countries attended; was a member of the Board of In- ternational Federation in 1958- 60; led the delegation of 135 Canadian members to the Par- is Congress in 1959, and was an alternate delegate to the International Congress in Oslo in 1962. She was awarded the United Nations Fellowship from the Canadian Federation in 1963 which entitled her to at- tend the Commission on the Status of Women in New York for three weeks last year. She spoke to the .club on "Person- alities at that Commission". Miss Isabel Fortune, who had also attended the Interna- tional Congress in Oslo, intro- duced Miss Menzies. Miss Yvonne McPherson, past presi- dent, graciously thanked the speaker for coming from To- ronto to address the clubs in this district and presented her with a gift. Miss Menzies is now going to Vancouver. Mrs. J. Ostrom and Mrs. C. Douglas favored with a duet accompanied by Mrs. H. Bate- man at the piano. Mrs. Ostrom, the president, also thanked the speaker and the members of the other clubs for attending. A summary of the fashion show, which had proved so successful, was gi- ven. Mrs. J. Alexander, chair- man of the nominating com- mittee, read the slate of of- ficers for the coming year, which will be installed at the June meeting at which time the annual reports will be received, Baking Contest Will Be Feature of Trade fair In an effort to make the an- nual Wingham Trade and Agri- cultural Fair more attractive, the Kinsmen have this year de- cided to stage a baking contest, which will be sponsored by the Red Front Grocery. Prizes will total $50.00, Prizes will be awarded for white bread, chocolate cake, cherry pie, date and nut loaf, and butter tarts. There will be three winners in each category with $5.00 for first place,$3.00 for second and $2.00 for third prize. Those wishing to enter the contest will find registration forms available soon at the Red Front Grocery, Wingham Meat Market and the Frosty Queen Drive- In. TRACTOR RODEO A feature of last year's fair that attracted plenty of atten- tion was the tractor rodeo which was operated by the Junior Far- mers. This will again high- light the fair. There are three events plus the grand champion. ship, On Thursday, June 4th, the senior men's competition will be staged in the evening. The next night the junior men will compete and on Saturday afternoon the ladies will have their opportunity to show driv- ing skill, On Saturday evening the competition for grand champion will be run off, The prizes will be $15.00, $10.00 and $5.00 in each category with $25.00 for the grand champion. Entries can be made by con- tacting the three places of bus- iness named for the bakingcon- test. PRINCESS The competition choosing the Huron County Dairy Prin- cess will again be staged at the trade fair and will be for young women between the ages of 17 and 26 years, married or sin- gle. The competition is operated by the Huron County Dairy Producers Association in co-op- eration with the Kinsmen. Win- ners go on to compete in re- gional and provincial contests. First prize winner will re- • ceive $25.00 and all other con- testants will get $20.00. Ap- plications for entry in the com- petition should be forwarded to R.C. Bradford, Dairy Field - man, Box 153, Clinton, On- tario, asked for co-operation in or ganizing a large fireworks dis- play in an effort to overcome the fire hazard created by youngsters with firecrackers. The Kinsmen discussed the subject at considerable length, and while agreeing that it was too late this year to ask for a ban on the sale of fireworks, felt that a by-law could be passed by town council to re- medy the situation next year. General opinion of the mem- bership was that if the sale and use of fireworks in the town were banned, then the club could support any effort made by the fire brigade to put on a good display for the youngsters under safe conditions, The club also agreed to co- operate with Goderich Kins- men in an effort to bring enter- tainment periodically to the patients of the Ontario Hospital at Goderich. Other club business took in the forthcoming district con- vention at Sarnia and problems in connection with the 1964 trade fair. VE Day Banquet Padre to Visit Wingham Legion On the 9th of May, nation- ally celebrated VE Day, Flight Lieutenant the Reverend D. Stanley Swaren of RCAF Sta- tion Clinton will be speaking to members of the Wingham Le- gion. F/1. Swaren's experience with the Canadian Armed For- ces began back in 1942 when until 1945 he served in the Ar- my and the RCAF. In 1949 he was granted a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of Alberta and he further gained a Bachel- or of Divinity degree from Mc- Master University, Divinity College in 1954. Padre Swaren entered the Chaplaincy Service in 1958 and served briefly at RCAF station Centralia and Greenwood, N.S. then four years in Europe at 2 Wing RCAF Grostenquin before coming to Clinton in Septem- ber 63. Delegates Attend Comp Conference A Church Camping Confer- ence was held Saturday in Cal- vin Presbyterian Church, To- ronto, to introduce the new Bible Study Curriculum for In- termediates and Seniors, and discovering group text for Jun- iors. Goderich Summer, School was one of the several camps represented, the delegates be- ing Rev. and Mrs. ArthurJack- son of Belgra'e. -Mr. and airs. Slitrt Boucher and family of Chatham and Mr. and Mrs. Roger le'ennedy and family of Hamilton spent the week -end with Mr. and Mts. Ab. Netliery. Plane Crashes in Kinlos Township -- Photo by Cantelon DAUGHTER, BROTHER SEE CRAFT PLUNGE Plane Cras, a ives Of Two Men in Kinloss Two men died in the wreck- age of a light aircraft just af- ter six o'clock on Sunday at a grass airstrip in Kinloss Town- ship. Dead are Norman Litt, 44, of Hanover and Harold Da- vis, 49, of North Bay. The air- strip is owned by a hrother of one of the crash victims, Bor- den Litt of Teeswater. The fatal crash was witness- ed by Mr. Davis' 17 -year-old daughter, Diane, as well as by Borden Litt, The two men had decided to go up for "one last Hetherington Heads Reor.cinized Board The Wingham and District Planning Board, enlarged this year to take in Morris and East Wawanosh Townships as well as Turnberry, held its first meet- ing on Wednesday of last week. Mayor R.S. Hetherington of Wingham was elected chair- man of the board, replacing W.W. Gurney, who has held the post for the past two years, William Renwick, town clerk of Wingham, will remain as secretary -treasurer. Mayor Hetherington, add- ressing the board, outlined some of the functions, and for the benefit of the new mem- bers said that normally a full board meeting is not called when the problems concern the town of Wingham only. He said that there will likely be problems in regard to areas in the townships which adjoin Wingham where the full board would be of value. Ise suggest, ad that the townships would have to pass sub -division con- trol. The group decided on a split of cost that will see Wing - 'ham pay two thirds and the oth- er third divided amongthe three rural municipalities. However, costs at the moment are neg- ligible and it was reported that enough money is on hand to carry out any necessary work this year. Wilfred White brought in his plan for the old sawmill pro- perty, and the draft of the 14 - lot area was approved. Before the plan can be registered, all necessary services will have to be installed. Thomas Henderson alsc brought in a draft plan for fur- ther development in the Sum- mit Drive subdivision. The overall draft was approved and Mr. Henderson explained that he would go ahead with the in- stallation of services on half the area which would allow that part to he registered and lots sold. Also approved was the sale of a for to the town by Ross Dundas, The property is lo- cated immediately to the north of the standpipe on the top of the John Street hill. flip" before the Davis family returned to North Bay. The Piper Super Cub aircraft made its run down the 1800 -foot strip and started to climb off the field for altitude. When it was approximately 100 feet above the ground it veered sharply off course to the left and then plunged to the ground, Though the broken gas tanks sprayed fuel over a wide area, it did not ignite. Harold Litt was at the controls. Diane Davis and her friend, Sharon Smith, 17, had declin- ed the offer of a ride in the plane just before the fataltake• off, They had come to this part of Ontario at the wt ek-end to register at colleges in Guelph and Waterloo, The girls had arrived at the airstrip earlier in the day, having been Clown from Stratford by Borden Litt. Harold Litt operated a weld- ing shop in Hanover, He is survived by his wife, two sons and three daughters, as well as his brother, Mr. Davis is sur- vived by his wife and four daughtc ts. Constable Leaving Wingham Force Constable William Waite, who has been a member of the Wingham police force the past three and a half years, leaves 00 May l4tl: for a new post as senior constable in the Town- ship of Whitechurch in the To- ronto area.