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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1964-05-28, Page 1• Huron County Judge Resigns Judge Frank Fingland, who has been Huron County judge since 1954, has tendered his resignation because o f ill health, Previous to his eleva- tion to the bench he practised !law in Clinton for25 years. Judge Fingland is a brother of Colin Fingland of Wingham, He suffered a severe heart attack some time ago. A native of Hullett Town- ship, Judge Fingland is a son of the late Mr, and Mrs, John • Fingland and received his edu- cation in Goderich and Clinton schools, graduating from Os- goode Hall in Toronto in 1922, after serving in the first World War, He was named a King's Counsel in 1937. He has been very active in various public undertakings and organizations, having help- ed with the organization of the Huron County Tuberculosis Assoc, He is honorary president of that organization. Other activities include Canadian Le- gion, Lions Club and Hospital board. Pool Supervision Starts in June While work is being carried out to ready the swimming area at the Riverside Park for the coming season, it should be noted by parents that there • will not be supervision until the second last week of June. Registration for swimming was held at the town hall on Saturday morning, however it was not heavy. It is anticipat- • ed that another day for regis- tration will be held shortly, Entries for minor baseball, however, were good, with a large number of young lads getting their names down. hbance. ei mit FIRST SECTION Wingham, Ontario, Thursday, May 28, 1964 Single Copy Not Over Ten Cents U.K. Plant Has Franchise First Berry Door Shipment Leaves for Great Britain As the result of a trip to England early in the year by H. E. Burgess, general mana- ger of the Berry Door Co. Ltd. , and J. E. Deacon, executive vice-president of the American operation, arrangements were made for the manufacture of H. C. MacLean Prominent in Business and Civic Circles Harry C. MacLean, a pro- minent businessman and life- long resident of Wingham, died in Westminster Hospital, Lon- don on Monday, May 25. He had suffered a long illness. Mr. MacLean. was 76. His parents were the late John A. MacLean and Sarah Gray, His wife, the former Ethel Mary King, predeceased him in 1960. "Hal" MacLean enlisted in the Canadian Army in 1914. He was a major in the 52nd Bat- talion from Port Arthur and was awarded the Military Cross for bravery at Arras, France in 1918. Mr. MacLean was at one time general manager of the Western Foundry Company Limited and later went into the insurance and real estate business, which he sold to Ted Elliott when he retired in 1962, He was a past president and later honorary president of the Wingham and District Hospital Trust. He served on its board of directors for 26 years, of which he was chairman for sev- eral years and at the time of his death was an honorary member of the board. Mr, MacLean was a past president of the Royal Canadiar. Legion, Branch 180; past chair- man of the St, Andrew's Pres- byterian Church board; a vet- eran member of the Wingham Lions Club; a member of ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By The Pedestrian • MORE IMPROVEMENTS - Several more business places along the main drag have been brightened up within the past week or so. Jack Alexander has redecorated the front of his hardware store. New paint • jobs have been added to the fronts in the Gurney Block at the south end of the street, the former Merkley Children's Wear and the Hydro office. Workmen are busy at present putting a new frontinthe form- . er Browne shoe store, which has been altered to serve as an ad- dition to the Ideal Supply Company located next door. 0--0--0 INSPECTS CADETS - Major R. P. Ritter, officer 4 commanding the 99th Battery, Wingham, was the inspecting officer last week when the 60 members of the Lucknow Dis- tric High School Cadet Corps paraded, 0--0--0 IT CAME DOWN - There have been some com- plaints that we have e x p e r i - enced a dry spring, and some fears that wells would be dry by midsummer. The downpour on Tuesday afternoon should make • up for a high percentage of the missing moisture. It was one of the heaviest rains in re- cent years -- though it lasted only a few minutes. 0--0--0 CHOSEN CHILD-- ' David Langridge, Leopold Street poultry fancier, faced a problem when his banty hen took a disinterested attitude about the hatching of her eggs. However, a matronly pigeon in • his pen proved co-operative and hatched the banty chicks, The foster mother appears to be slightly amazed at the product of her patience. 0--0--0 CHANGE OF PLANS- The annual Saugeen District ✓ church parade for Scouts and Cubs, announced earlier for May 31 has been postponed to Sunday, June 7. Buses will leave the Scout House at 1,30 p.m. for Brussels. • Two Cattle Killed In Highway Crash No one was injured ina ear accident north of Belgrave last Thursday evening, but two cat- tle were killed and a 1955 car was wrecked. The mishap occurred when Terry G. McDougall of Wing - ham was travellingnorth and struck two cattle beasts that had strayed onto the highway. The animals,valued at $300.00, were owned by Charles Cook who lives in the vicinity, Neither Mr, McDougall nor his passengers, David Stokes and Kenneth Noble also of Wingham, were injured in the accident, which was investiga- ted by the Wingham 0, P. P. detachment. Charge Juveniles Three juvehlles have been charged with causing property damage, by the Wingham O, P. P. detachment, as the result of an investigation into vandal- ism in the village of Fordwich a short time ago, The youths spread grease on the porchs of two houses and caused damage to property in the community. Wingham Lodge A, F. e A, M; and the Canadian Order of For- esters. Mr. MacLean was r 32nd Degree Scottish Rite Ma- son, member of Royal City Lodge of Perfection, Guelph; Chapter Rose Croix and Moore Consistory. Mr. MacLean is survived by four sisters, Miss Margaret MacLean and Miss Sara Mac- Lean of Wingham, Mrs. W, H. (Annie) Bayliffe of London,and Mrs. D. E. (Helen) Holmes of Goderich; and three brothers, Fred L. MacLean of Wingham, Charles E. MacLean of Sarnia and Frank A. MacLean of To- ronto. He was predeceased by a brother, Gordon J; and a sis- ter, Miss Agnes MacLean. Masonic and Legion mem- orial services were held at the R, A. Currie and Sons funeral home on Wednesday evening at 7,30 and 7.45. Funeral service will be conducted to- day (Thursday) at two o'clock with Rev. G, L. Fish officia- ting. Burial will be in Wing - ham Cemetery, Pallbearers will be H. L. Shetbondy, A, D. MacWilli- am, Robert Hetherington, Har- ry Town, Walter VanWyck and Edward Elliott. The flower bearers will be Harley Craw-, ford, Roy Cousins of Brussels, George Fowler and T. A. Cur- rie. the Berry line of garage doors in the old country. The Canadian firm licensed Bolton -Gate Co. , of Bolton, England to manufacture Berry Doors for sale in the t'nited Kingdom. Eric Morley, of the English firm then came to Wingham to study the opera- tions here and returned to set up a similar door line at home, The firm will make door pauels in its English plant but will import other hardware from the Canadian plant. The first shipment of hard- ware from Wingham left the factory via Walden Bros. Trans- port last Friday for Montreal, where it was consigned to the steamship Minerva. The snipment comprised 23 crates, weighing up to 4, 200 pounds each with a total weight of 35 tons, and was scheduled to be delivered to Liverpool. In England Named to Attend S.Q. Conference Captain and Mrs. G. S. Newman, who are in charge of the Wingham Corps of the Salvation Army, have received word from headquarters, that they will be among the dele- gates from Canada to take part in a Salvation Army world con- ference in England next sum- mer. The conference coincides with the 100rh anniversary of the founding of the Army. GRADUATES FETED -96 Wingham District High School students from Grade XIII and the special commercial courses who will graduate in June were guests of honour at a banquet in the school cafeteria last Fri- day evening. They listened to H. 0. Heer, left, and Mrs. Heer, centre, of Kitchener, describe a recent trip to the Hawaiian Is- lands, Two students, Wayne Caslick and Linda Templeman, right, with Principal F. E. Madill are shown talking to the visitors. —Advance -Times Photo. HELD AT HIGH SCHOOL Orientation Nights Provide Guidance for Pupils, Parents Grade Eight students who will be attending high school this fall, along with their par- ents, have been guests at the Wingham District High School on three evenings during the past two weeks. On May 12th the students were from the ru- ral schools in the Bruce inspec- torate, along with those from the Teeswater Separate School; on May 19th they were from the Wingham public and sep- arate schools and the following H.S. Grads Honored At Special Banquet Graduating students of the Wingham• District High School were guests of honour at a spe- cial dinner held in the school's cafeteria on Friday evening. The graduates include• t h o se from Grade 13 as well as the special commercial course and the one-year commercial course. Some 96 were in atten dance. Alex Hamilton, president of the students' council, was , chairman and he gave the toast to the school which was replied to by Principal F. E. Madill. K. E. Wood, staff member at the school, gave the toast to the graduates with Susanne Rey- nolds, school queen, replying. Board Chairman Gordon Moir also spoke briefly. Mr. and Mrs. H, O. Heer, of Kitchener, showed slides and Cattle Killed Near Wroxeter A second accident during the week resulted in the death of cattle. The first mishap occurred near Belgrave and in another case a car -truck col- lision left three more dead an- imals on Monday night, The accident occurred near Wroxeter when a car, police said, pulled from a sideroad onto No. 87 Highway, a half - mile west of the village and was in collision with the truck owned by Brooks Transport of Lucknow, The truck turned over on its side in a ditch, killing the three animals which were part of a load of 30 head of cattle being taken to Toron- to. Truck driver William Gib- son of Lucknow and driver of the car, Mrs. Thomas O'Kraf- ka, R. R. 1 Bluevale, were not injuted. The accident was investigat- ed by Wingham O.P. P. movies of their recent trip to the Hawaiian Islands and Mrs. Heer performed a dance in Hawaiian costume. Fireworks Display Drew Nig Crowd The fireworks display staged by the Wingham Fire Brigade in co-operation with local.service clubs was. an outstanding success last Friday evening. While no accurate count of the poople in attendance could be made it appeared the crowd would number between two and three thousand persons, At any rate the kids had a marvellous time watching the show, Among the Lions and Kins- men Clubs, Legion, and Busi- ness Association, $500.00 had been raised to purchase the fire- works which provided a show that lasted about three-quarters of an hour. A silver collection was taken up and the proceeds from this will be set aside by the firemen as a start toward a bigger and better shownext year. The Kinsmen Club has back- ed the program with a resolu- evening from the Huron inspec torate. The open evenings at the school are called "orientation nights", at which the members of the high school teaching staff and the public school in- spectors explain to parents and pupils something of what they may expect in Grade nine next fall. One of the main purposes is to outline the comparatively new "stream" system of educa- tion which has been set up by the department. Under this system the student is required to make a decision about the type of education he or she prefers so that the studies will be suited to the student's needs At the gathering last Tues- day evening, when Wingham pupils and parents were pre- sent, Board Chairman Gordon Moir expressed a welcome and his good wishes for the success of the students in their final weeks at public school as well as in the yeas of high school training which lie ahead of them. Public School Inspector James Kinkead mentioned his personal interest in rhe Grade Eight pupils, many of whom he has observed alt through their public school courses. He also referred to the fact that our country std nds in urgent need of more highly trained people and that the high school course has been diversified to provide some form of educa- tion for every 'scholar, no mat- ter what his abilities are. tion to the town council asking for a by-law banning the use of fireworks by the public within the corporation. In talking to Fire Chief Jim Carr, he expressed the thanks of the firemen to the public for their courtesy during the show and to the service organizations for their support. PARENTS MUST HELP The inspector said that the school cannot accomplish the required results alone. The full co-operation of parents is vital to the plan. He said Please turn to Page Five Rummage Sate Was Success The Ladies' Auxiliary to the Wingham and District Hospital is thappy to report that a very successful rummage sale was held on Saturday afternoon in the arena. The residents of the district responded very gen- erously to the request for sale- able items, and all departments were well stocked. The Auxiliary is grateful for the loyal support it receives at the time of these sales and endeavors to use the funds from these projects to provide equipment which the hospital would otherwise not be able to acquire. The financial returns from Saturday's sale are as follows; Men's and women's clothing, $226.38; miscellaneous articles, $152.88; children's wear, 596,76; hats, $48,27; shoes, $68.55; nov- elties and china, 582.91; groc- eries, 528.19; furniture, 5136.66; total, 5840,60. After the sale was over, sev- eral cartons of clothing in good condition were selected from the leftover articles and were sent to two missions in downtown Toronto --The Scott Mission and the Fred Victor Mission, These shipments are always acknowledged and deep- ly appreciated. In addition, a Hospital Tag Day was held in conjunction with the sale. In Wingham $176.48 was collected, and in out-of-town points 5163.84, making a total of 5340.32. Sincere thanks is extended to all who donated goods for sale, to all who came to buy, to the many helpers before and ,during the sale, and to Miss Anna McDonald. J. P. Alexan- der, D. Miller and Walden Bros. for special services, Inspection Held For lisi Field Regiment Members of the three Bat- teries, the 99th from Wing - ham, the 97th from Walkerton and Listowel's 100th, which comprise the '21st Field Regi- ment, were out in force foran- nual inspection an Monday evening at the Wingham arena, Rain forced the event under- cover, as it had been schedul- ed for the local ball park Commanded by Lieut. -Col, L. G. Vickers of Listowel, the unit was inspected by Brig. W, P. Doohan, accompanied by Capt. Keith Bromley and Lieut, -Col. G. M. Campbell of the 18th Militia Group head- quarters, London, and Maj. J. U, Stephens, Wingham, pay- master for the regiment. Over 100 members of the regiment were on parade, which was followed by compe- titions in gun drill and first aid. The Col, E. D. Bell Trophy was awarded to the 97th Battery for the best gun drill team and was accepted on behalf of the Battery by its commander, Capt. G. Tanner of Walkerton. The award for first aid drill went to the 100th Battery of Listowel. Brig. Doohan complimented the regirtient for its steadiness on parade and for the number of men who had turned out. The W, I1.11, S. Cadet Band provided military music for the show under the command of Lieut R. 13, Vivian. The inspection concluded with a mounted drive past of six vehicles and guns when Brig. Doohan reviewed the reg- iment from a stand in front of the town hall.