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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1964-09-10, Page 1• • Local Golfer Scores Hole in One J. H, Crawford scored abole in one at the Oakwood toll Course at Grand Rend on Satur- day, September 5. He was playing with James Sproat of Chicago. Publisher Lucknow Sentinel Mourned L. Campbell Thompson, publisher and editor of the weekly Lucknow Sentinel, died suddenly in the Wingham and District General Hospital on Friday. He was 57 years of age. Mr. Thompson had been in his usual, good health earlier in the week and had left on Wednesday afternoon for a brief visit to the Canadian Na- tional Exhibition in Toronto, accompanied by his wife and daughter, Joanne. He was ta- k• en iI1 on Thursday after his return from the city. Mr. Thompson joined the Sentinel staff in 1928 and has been with the paper since. He was managing editor from 1931 ` to 1941, when he purchased the paper from the estate of A. D. MacKenzie. His son, Donald, has been associated with him as a part- ner for the past five years. • Mr. Thompson was a chart- er member of the Lucknow Lions Club, member of the Old Light Masonic Lodge, member of the Session of Lucknow Uni- ted Church, former village • councillor, former member of the Lucknow volunteer fire de- partment and area committee. N • • He is survived by his wife, the former Margaret Thom; two daughters, Miss Patricia, of Islington; Miss Joanne, at home; his son, Donald; his mother, Mrs. Robert Thompson, of Lucknow; two sisters, Miss Helen, Lucknow; Mrs. Willi- am Hewat, Toronto; two broth. ers, Robert of Windsor; and I•iarold, Lucknow. There are two grandchildren. Service was held a t 2 p.m. Monday at MacKenzie Memorial Chapel, Lucknow, Burial was in Greenhill Ceme- tery. ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By The Pedestrian OFF THEY GO -- There are quite a few sad mothers in the neighborhood ,this week who have seen their wee ones off to school for the first time. Cheer up. Before you know it they'll be teen-ag- ers and all their friends will be jiving on your living room rug. 0--0--0 REAL COOL, MAN -- This week's mail brought an envelope full of impressive literature about the tenth anni- versary of a nudist club. The sponsors hoped we would give # the bare facts in the paper and thus encourage attendance. In fact the editor was extended an invitation to participate. We're "declining. After such a chilly August we will take no chances, 0--0--0 • BIRDS OF A FEATHER -- If you are interested in wildlife a walk down to the Ri- verside Park near the east end of the Lower Town dam will be K rewarding. Blael{birds in their thousands are gathering there each evening, preparatory to their journey to the south for the winter. Each bird perches atop a brown bull rush and when they are all in for the night it is a sight to behold, for it appears that the rushes have all sprouted black tops. They kick up considerable din, too, as they talk over their domes- tic problems, ingbant nictmeinte FIRST SECTION Wingham. Ontario, Thursday, Sept. 10, 1964 Single Copy Not Over Ten Cents Rev. D. Q. Fry Is Guest Speaker Belgrave Church Celebrates One Hundredth Anniversary Many former members of Knox Presbyterian Church in Belgrave returned on Sunday for the celebration of the congreg- ation's 100th anniversary. Rev. Wm, J, Morrison, min- ister of the Brussels-Belgrave charge, conducted the service and Rev. Douglas O. Fry of First Presbyterian Church, Sea - forth, was guest preacher, The Melville Church choir sang musical arrangements suitable for the occasion. Following the a fternoon ser- vice members and visitors ga- thered in the Foresters' Hall, Refreshments were served buffet style and everyone had an op- portunity to visit with friends. WAS MISSION STATION The congregation of Knox Presbyterian Church, Belgrave, was organized in 1864 when services were first conducted in a hall and prayer meetings held in the homes of the con- gregation. Knox was only a Colorful Parade Highlights Lions' frontier Celebration Attendance for the annual Lions Club Frontier Days was lower this year than in the past. The midway and games were set up in the park and were in operation on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings and Fri- day and Saturday afternoons. The barn dance was held in the arena on Saturday night. The highlight for the chil- dren was the youth parade on Saturday afternoon which drew over 40 entries. Sidney Hedderick ofCaracas, Venezuela, was the winner for the entrant from farthest away. She is a granddaughter of Mrs. R. A. Currie of town, Gary Brenzil and Brian Miller won the prize for the best entry. Other prize winners were as follows; Best NationalFloat, Mark Tiffin. Best National Costume, Kim Mellor; Marilyn Irwin and Di- anne Stainton; Keith Hodgkin- son. Most Original Float, Gary Brenzil, and Brian Miller; Ad - ora MacLean; David Bennett. Most Original Costume, Sid- ney Hedderick; Ruth Ann Cur- rie; Wayne Shewfelt of Kin- cardine. Best decorated Vehicle, Pam Templeman; Timmy Lloyd; Jane Phillips. Best Pioneer Costume, Anne Welwood, Best Frontier Float, 1st David Ricky and Cathy Hodgins; 2nd Paul, David and Esther Fish, Stephen and Dianne Caslick, Jeff and Ruth Anderson. Best Indian Dress, Deborah Welwood; Harvey Sewers; Patty Kechnie. Best Cowboy or Cowgirl, Randy and Bonnie Sue Hafer- mehl; John Kennedy; Sally Le Van. Between 450 and 500 people attended the barbecue on Sat- urday afternoon in the town park. Water Ski Show Attracts Big Crowd to River Park Hundreds of spectators lined the bridges and occupied temp- orary benches in Riverside Park at the upper pond on Sunday af- ternoon when the Wingham Sportsmen's Association present- ed their annual water ski show. This year's presentation was unique as the first occasion on which no outside skiers were brought in to fill out the pro- gram. All numbers were per- formed by local or district peo- ple and their skill was enthus- iastically applauded by the large crowd. Jack Gorrie, of Wingham seated atop the CKNX mobile unit, handled the MC's chores in masterly fashion. The show opened in a color- ful display as four drum major - Attendance up at Howick Central Enrolment figures at the Howick Central School on Tuesday morning showed an in- crease of 13 students since the end of June, the new figure standing at 548. There are about 70 pupils in Grade 1. Three new teachers have been engaged at the school for the coming term. They are Gerald McClinchey, of Hensall, a graduate of London Teachers' College, who will teach Grade 6; Miss Nancy Johnston, of Blyth, a graduate of Stratford Teachers' College, who will have a Grade 2 class and Mrs. Howard Mitchell, of R.R. 1, Listowel, who comes to the school after working in Kitch- ener for the past four years. She will handle a Grade 7 class. ettes, Sharon, Bonnie and Mar- ion Willie and Sandra Seddon skied around the area carrying large banners, They were fol- lowed by Dave Cameron, who gave an excellent display of trick skiing, flipping from for- ward to backward positions on both two skis and one. This manoeuvre is known as a"turn- around" and involves careful timing and co-ordination. Bob Deyell put on a demon- stration of "shoe" skiing, in Please turn to Page Seven mission station at that time and was connected with Blyth, which had been in existence for ten years. Rev. John Stewart, who was in Blyth, ministered to the Bel - grave congregation for two years. In the winter of 1864-65 plans were made for the erec- tion of a church. Lumber was plentiful and was donated, and the work was done mostly through working bees. The contract was given to Donald Robertson, who was assisted in hewing and preparing the tim- ber by James Anderson, Ruther- ford Smith and David Scott, The building was completed in the summer of 1865. The congregation worshipped for some time without permanent seats, which were not installed until the following year. Belgrave was scarcely large enough to have a name at that time and the church was known as Knox Church, Morris, In 1868 Donald McLean, the first treasurer of the congregation, named it Belgrave after an English lord. The first secret- ary was Thomas Anderson. CHARGES SEPARATE Blyth and Belgrave were constituted into a self-sustain- ing charge in the summer of 1866 when Rev. Archibald Mc- Lean was inducted as minister. Belgrave and Blyth separated eleven years later. Just before Rev. W, Wilkins was called in 1878 the congre- gation built a manse. Mr. Wilkins left in 1882 and the church was without a minister until the arrival of Rev. George Law, a Scotsman who had re- cently arrived from Scotland. He was inducted in October 1884. During the pastorate of Mr. Law the first Woman's Foreign Missionary Society was formed, in 1887. Mrs. James Wight - man was the president, Mrs. George Law, secretary and Mrs. Wm. Caesar, treasurer, Three of the early members of the society, Misses Elizabeth, Mary and Grace Irvine, later devoted many years in the foreign mis- sion field. The Presbytery decided on a re -arrangement of pastoral charges in 1894 and Knox, Bel - grave and Calvin, East Wawa - nosh were made into one charge. The change necessita- ted the resignation of Mr. Law and a year later Rev. W. T. Hall was inducted into the uni- ted charge. SECOND CHURCH BUILT Early in Mr. Hall's pastorate Please turn to Page Eight GUEST SPEAKER—Rev. Douglas O. Fry, of First Presbyterian Church, Seaforth, left, was guest speaker for the 100th anniver- sary service at Knox Church, Belgrave. He is shown with Mrs. O. G. Anderson, one of the oldest on hand for the occasion, a veteran church member and a senior mem- ber of the W.M.S. Rev. William J. Morri- son, minister of the church, is right in the picture.—Photo by Strong. Bridge May Be Memorial To Late John W. Hanna During Tuesday evening's council meeting deputy Reeve Joe Kerr told the council that he had expected a request from the Department of Highways to name the new McKenzie bridge, which will be constructed next year, "The John Hanna Memor- ial Bridge". Nearly 1500 Students Are Enrolled as School Opens School opening on Tuesday saw 1,493 students enrolled in the three schools located in Wingham. The Wingham District High School has an increase of 101 students from last year bringing the total to an all-time record of 938. This is considerably more than was indicated by surveys at the end of June and has caused a problem in some classes which are overcrowded. Four new positions have been filled on the staff, bringing the total compliment of teachers to 40 plus Principal F. E. Ma- dill. Three people are en., gaged in the school office, six on the caretaking staff and four in the cafeteria. Enrolment at the Public School is 475, down about 10 from the same time last year. Fifty-four children registered for the kindergarten classes. There are 16 on staff includ- ing Principal Stewart Beattie. Five new teachers have been engaged to fill vacancies. They are, Mrs. Cecil Coultes, of Belgrave, who is teaching a Grade 8 class and comes from the Turnberry Central School; Mrs. John Radford, a graduate of Stratford Teachers' College in June, who comes from Lon- desboro, teaching a Grade 4 and 5 class; Miss Elaine Conn of Whitechurch, who has been teaching in Scarboro, Grade2; Mrs. Murray Underwood, of Wingham who was formerly in the Kitchener system, will handle a Grade 7 class; John Ross of Goderich, a June grad- uate of the Stratford Teachers' College, who will teach a Grade 6-7 class. SEPARATE SCHOOL The Wingham Sacred Heart Separate School has an enrol- ment of 80 children, an in- crease of 15 since the end of last term. Two new teachers have been engaged at the school. Mrs. Mary Kinahan, of R.R. 2, Lucknow will have 31 students in her junior room. Miss Doris Troupe, of Teeswater, a grad- uate of Stratford Teachers' College, will teach Grades 4, 5 and 6 in the intermediate room where 28 are registered, Mrs, Mary O'Malley, of Tees - water, will continue with thg Grade 7 and 8 classes with an enrolment of 21. The letter had not arrived, he went on, but he asked for opinion from council members. The council seemed to be un- animous in its decision that naming the bridge would be a fitting memorial to the late member of the legislature. The subject was left until the formal request from the department is received. Construction Is Under Way at Turnberry School The three-room Turnberry Central School opened its doors on Tuesday morning to the noise of construction machinery working on a six -room addition which it is hoped will be ready by the first of the year, The new wing will also include an auditorium and administration rMOms. When the addition is com- pleted the 92 students enrolled at the school will be augment- ed by those who are attending six other schools across the township. The enrolment at the school is down three from those regis- tered at the end of June. Prin- cipal R. T. Kilpatrick said that Mrs, Alvin Robb of Ashfield Township has been engaged to fill the vacancy on the staff created by the resignation of Mrs. C. Coultes. Mts. Robb formerly taught in the Toronto district. Lions Pian Bingo For Ontario Hosp. The regular meeting of the Lions Club of Wingham was held in the Queen's Hotel din- ing room on Tuesday evening with President L. Casemore presiding. He stressed the need for new members of the club and also reminded those present that the club had accepted the responsibility for putting on a bingo game at the Ontario Hospital in Goderich on Octo- ber 7th. A letter from the Ontario Society for Crippled Children, welcoming the club as a parti- cipant in the 1965 Easter Seal campaign was read. The let- ter noted that the Wingham Club has taken part in 17 Eas- ter Seal campaigns and has raised a total of $19,965.00. These funds, used locally and in the provincial program, have made a great difference to thousands of crippled chil- dren --a chance for improve- ment and perhaps complete re- covery, A discussion followed on ways and means of improving Frontier Days and several other projects were discussed. Lion Dr. George Howson, the official representative of the Lions Club on the Riverside Parks Board, reported thatten- ders for the permanent wash- room facilities will be opened this week and it is hoped that construction will be completed in December so that the facil- ities will be available for the use of campers in the park next summer,