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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1964-06-04, Page 1iinolbron FIRST SECTION notZinve Wingham, Ontario, Thursday, June 4, 1964 KINSMEN INTRODUCE SEVERAL NEW FEATURES Single Copy i"ut Ov r Tun tents FAIR OPENS TONIGHT The Kinsmen Trade and Ag- ricultural Fair will open this evening (Thursday) with several new ideas that will be of inter- est to the public. A number of changes have been incorporated into this year's events that should make it a top notch show. Instead of short periods of entertainment in the arena there will be three bands to provide music, as well as Fifi the clown who will be on hand for the three days of the fair, The trumpet band from the Clinton RCAF station will be here Thursday evening, through the co-operation of the Ameri- can Federation of Musicians, Stratford local 418. On Friday evening the Tees - water Highlanders will be on deck and on Saturday evening the Goderich Highland Pipe Band will be in town and bring a troupe of Highland Dancers to perform at various locations during the evening. Fifi, the well-known clown, will be dressed and in action every evening and will no doubt provide the youngsters with plenty of fun. Another change from last year will be the Legion sponsor - ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By The Pedestrian CHURCH PARADE All Cubs and Scouts will be expected to attend the annual Saugeen District church parade ` in Brussels on Sunday. They will leave the Scout House by bus at 1.30 p.m. Parents or others interested are welcome to attend the service. - 0--0--0 ALL TORN UP -- Machinery of the Cornell Construction Co. , is busily en- gaged digging up the main street just south of the Joseph- ine -Victoria Street intersection. Sewer pipe is being put in to • join the existing system with the new pumping station, which is now nearly completed just south of Scott Street. It is un- derstood that the revamped system will go into action sometime in September. • 0--0--0 TO DISCUSS BRIDGE A council delegation, head- ed by Mayor Hetherington, is slated to visit Toronto on Thursday of this week to meet with the Hon, Charles Mac- ., Naughton, Minister of High- ways, to discuss plans and fi- nancing in connection with the replacement of the McKenzie Bridge. 0--0--0 COUNCIL MEETING The meeting of the Town Council, which was scheduled for Monday of this week, has been postponed until Monday, June 8th. 0--0--0 WINS AT CLINTON e George Galbraith won sev- eral prizes in the horse show at Clinton last week. Along with his daughter, Sally, he won the first prize for the best ladies' and gentlemen's roadster turn- out and third in the roadster • team. Sally also placed third in the roadster single, and her brother was fifth in the same class, George reported the Clinton show as being top- notch with a good entry and well attended. 0--0--0 CONSTABLE WIRED Douglas Foxton, of Wing- ham, has been hired by the town council police commit- tee, headed by G. W. Cruick- shank, as night constable. He replaces Constable Wm. Waite who left Wingham last month. Constable Foxton is a Wingham native and has been employed at the Berry Door Co. Ltd. a ed barbecue, which was held at the hall park. This season the barbecue has been moved to Diagonal Road, beside t h e rink, where a monster chicken barbecue will be set up on Sat- urday and will run from four o'clock in the afternoon until at least eight o'clock, Serv- ings will be half chickens, of about one pound in weight, with all the trimmings. There will be a $15.00 door prize each night and an award to the largest family in attend- ance at the fair each night. FARM FLAVOUR The Huron County Dairy Princess competition, sponsored by the Dairy Producers Associa- tion, will be a feature attrac- tion at the fair and will take place at 7:30 on Friday eve- ning with the winner to be an- Kinettes Announce Art Display Winners A feature of the Kinsmen Trade Fair this week will be a display of winning art from the Kinette art contest. All elementary pupils from the schools in the Wingham and District High School Area,. were eligible to enter the com- petition. The judging was done by Mrs. D. A. Rann of Brussels, Guenther Heim of CKNX and E. L. Stuckey of the staff of Wingham and District High School. Prizes for the contest were: 1st three silver dollars; 2nd two silver dollars; 3rd, one silver dollar, Children ofKins- men or Kinettes were not eli- gible to win but were given honorable mention, WINNERS Kindergarten: 1 Marlene Foxton; 2 Kendra Feagan; 3 Ruth Corrin, all of Wingham Wins Award Miss Carol Ann McConnell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank McConnell (Catharine Currie of Wingham), and granddaugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. George T. Currie, who is attending Clark - side Collegiate in London, won the general and proficiency award in mathematics. Public School. Maureen Stain, ton, W. P. S. , honorable men• tion as third. Grade 1: 1 Larry Machan; 2 Peter Hilbert; 3 Connie Jamieson, all W. P. S. Carey MacDonald, W. P.S. , honor- able mention as first. Grade 2: 1 Raymond Koh- nert, W. P. S., 2 Sandra Cur- rie, S.S. 9 East Wawanosh; 3 Donna Klinck, Howick Cen- tral. Ricky Hodgins, W. P. S. , honorable mention as second. Grade 3: 1 Janice Kieffer, Sacred Heart, Teeswater; 2 Stephen Cruickshank, W.P. S. , 3 Lorna Mason, U. S. S. 7 E. Wawanosh. Grade 4: 1 Margaret Mc- Laughlin, W. P. S., 2 Jack de Groot, U.S. S. 6 E. Wawa - nosh; 3 Karen Sutcliffe, W.P. S. Grade 5; 1 Reuben Coblentz, Howick Central; 2 Brenda Stapleton, S. S. No 9 E. Waw.,; 3 Randy Hafermehl, W. P.S. Grade 6: 1 Susan Kregar, W. P. S.; 2 Monna Purdon, Bel - grave; 3 Joan Bennett, W. P. S. Grade '7: 1 Donald Hastings, W. P. S.; 2 Joyce Coultes, S. S. 9 E. Waw.; Linda Angst, Howick Central. Grade 8: 1 Peter Martyn, Sacred Heart, Wingham; 2 Ivan McBurney, W.P. S. ; 3 Theodore Moran, Sacred Heart, Teeswater. Executive Formed for Huron Historical Society Huron County Historical So- ciety was so named at the first meeting of the executive of this new organization when it met on Monday afternoon at the Huron County Court House, Goderich. The new president, Mrs. W. D. Mack of Crediton was in the chair and welcomed the members of the executive and the directors, The roll call was answered by each intro- ducing himself. The secretary, Mrs. Otto Popp, read the min- utes and gave the financial statement, stating that there were now 24 members. Mrs. Mack had a map of the county to illustrate where more representatives are needed to arouse the interest of the peo- ple of Huron. For better cov- Please turn to Page Eight pounced at 10:00. The tractor rodeo will he held in co-operation with the Junior Farmers with '':peti- tion, on Thursday and Friday evenings and Saturday after- noon, and on Saturday evening the grand -championship finals. The Kinette Club has spon- sored an art competition for grade school children and the display of winning pieces will be posted in the arena. This has proved most successful and drew a large number of entries which have already been judged Winners are listed elsewhere in this issue. NEW COMPETITION For the first time the Kins- men are sponsoring a baking contest and this display will al- so be in the arena. The com- petition has five categories and as far as is known at time of writing, it is expected to have a large number of entries. The midway will be running to provide the younger set with the usual sport. Workmen were busy on Tuesday morning start- ing to set up the machinery for the merry-go-round and other • rides. The fair itself will have about 75 booth spaces in which exhibitors will display their wares. The outside area will again have tent space for the larger items such as farm ma- chinery. Another item of interest will be an exhibit placed in the fair by the North Huron 4-H Forestry Club which was organ- ized early in the year. The ex- hibit will be part of the club's efforts in connection with Achievement Day. An unusual display will be placed by William T. Sillick of Teeswater. It will be an array of semi-precious stones, shells, fossils and petrified wood. This is the first time such an exhibit has been readi- ed for the fair and should be extremely interesting. Register Children For Kindergarten Parents who have children to enter Kindergarten in Sept- ember are invited to register them at the Kindergarten in the public school. Registration will take place during the afternoon of Tuesday June 9th from 3:30 to 5;00 o'clock. Only children who are five years of age beforeJan - uary 1, 1965, are eligible to register. If not convenient to go on the above date, please contact the Kindergarten teacher, Mrs. William Elliott, or the princi- pal, T. S. Beattie. COMPETITION WAS KEEN in the girls' solo class seven years and under at the Turnberry Township Schools' Music Fes- tival. Shown are the three top winners, left to right: Barbara Montomery, Mary Norman and Rosemarie Fisher, who placed first. —Photo by Cantelon. MORE THAN 600 PEOPLE registered Sun- day morning at the Centennial service in connection with Chalmer's Presbyterian Church, Whitechurch. Both the auditorium and basement was filled to capacity along with two buses outside where a loud speak- er was set up. Service was also held Sun- day evening. Registrar Mrs. Victor Emer- son is shown with Mr. Jack MacKay, of Wawota, Saskatchewan. Shown in the back- ground are two life-long area residents who attended, Duston Beecroft and Arthur Moore. —Photo by Cantelon. Lions Club Will Sponsor Circus Program June 25 Wingham Lions Club will sponsor "Cavalcade of Stars' in the local arena on Thursday, Mrs. Gowans Has 93rd Birthday Several neighbors and friend: gathered at the hospital on letay 27th to mark the occasion of Mrs. Annie L. Gowans' 93rd birthday. Mrs, Gowans has been confined to the hospital since February of this year af- ter suffering a stroke. The celebrant received sev- eral bouquets and well over100 gifts and cards from relatives and friends. Best wishes were also received from Hon. L, B. Pearson, Prime Minister of Ca- nada; lion. John Robarts, Pre- mier of Ontario and Murray Gaunt, M.P.P. Ladies Open Golf Season The Ladies' Section of the Wingham Golf Club opened the season with a pot luc, lunch last Tuesday at the club house. Sixteen enjoyed a varied and delicious lunch. The weather was a little un- kind hut later itt the afternoon several ladies played a round of golf. Ladies' Day is every "Thurs- day afternoon at two o'cloc. with the next pot hie,. lunch on June 23rd. A dessert bridge is being planned for June 16. Keep these in mind. —Misses Min and Hazel Weir of Toronto spent the week- end with their mother, Mrs. D. Weir and Fannyhelle. —Mrs. M. 11. VanWyck of Montreal is visiting with her sister, Mrs. W, VanWyck and Mr. VanWyck. June 25, There will be two shows, at 6.15 and 8.30 p, m. The show features the best cir- cus entertainers from all the leading television programs. The circus program carries a thrilling variety 0112 acts with star performers such as Kay and Kay, the world's finest handbalancing team; Charlotte Le Vine's trained chimpanzees; Dick Lunsford's trained dogs and ponies; juggling artists, unicyle riders, beautiful and graceful girls in the air and Kit Carson Noble, direct descend- ant of Kit Carson, who will meet the boys and girls at the gate and answer their questions about the early west. There will he many more wonderful acts to entertain the entire fa- mily. Tickets are now on sale at Vane's Drug Store and by all members of the Lions Club. Prices for advance tickets are 500. for pre-school and students, and $1.00 for adults. Got of- fice prices on show day will be 75e and :1.25. Back Home after European Tour Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Cruickshank, Mrs. Jean Crump and Mrs, Vernon Ripple ofDe- troit returned last Thursday from a 3 -week conducted tour of holland, Belgium, Paris and the British Isles. While in Eng- land they enjoyed a visit with Mr, and Mrs. Ian Hammerton, former residents of Wingham, who live at Tunbridge Welts, Kent. The party travelled from place to place by air, the ini- tial flight from Malton to Lon- don taking only six hours. From London they were flown to Am- sterdam where the tour started, Weather was remarkably fine throughout their stay in Europe. Forty-two broadcasters from Canada made up the party and they visited TV and radio sta- tions on the Continent and stu- died their operations. Mr. Cruickshank says that Canadi- ans should not feel too neglect- ed as far as broadcast services are concerned. Ile found Holland and Scot- land the two most interesting countries. Glen Madill Third In Ontario Tourney Sixteen -year-old Glen Ma - dill won third spot in the On- tario Golf Association's second annual Tournament of Cham- pions at Islington on Monday. Glen came in with a two -over - par 74 to tie with Fmk Bently of Weston, Bill Parks of Wood- stock and Steve Garrett of Brantford. Winner of the t o u r n y which saw 80 club champions competing for good prizes, was Dave Cooper, top golfer at Port Credit's Mississaugua Golf Club. Ile shot an even par 72 and was followed by Wib Good - icon of Burlington who was one stroke behind with a 73. Glen was club champion at the Wingham Golf Club last season, and by virtue of this was the local club's entry in the competition. tie was hot on the heels of Cooper all the way, but three -putted on the lSth which left hint to the third spot. It was tough competition, as young Nladill was competing with a good many old golfing stalwarts such as Dave Morland of North Bay and Jack Nash of London, both former Ontario champions,