HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1964-12-10, Page 8Page i3 - Wingham Advance -Times, Thursday, Dec. 10, 1964
PERSONAL NOTES
-Miss Murdean McLeod,
who graduated as a registered
nursing assistant at the RNA
course at London, has returned
to Wingham to the general
staff of the local hospital,
where she nursed previously.
--Mr. and Mrs, Ross Vogan
and Clara of Stratford visited
on Saturday with Mrs, Joseph
Vogan and Rev. and. Mrs. W.
D. Clark.
--Mrs, Ida Martin of Clin-
ton spent the week -end with
Mr. and Mrs. Murray Taylor
and family.
-Mrs. Dunc Keith and Da-
vid of Teeswater visited on
Sunday with her daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. Mac Sewers and
family.
--Doug Kerr of Bermuda
spent the week -end with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.J.
Kerr, Minnie St, He is in
Ontario and U.S.A. on a busi-
ness trip and will be returning
to Bermuda on December 17.
--Mr. and Mrs. Doug Mur-
ray and Connie of Kitchener
spent the week -end with their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P.
Alexander and Mr, and Mrs.
W, C, Murray.
--Mr. and Mrs. Wendell
Alton of London visited over the
week -end with his mother, Mrs.
William Alton.
--Mr. James Gibbons under-
went surgery in St. Joseph's
Hospital, London, on Monday.
He expects to be hospitalized
about ten days.
--Mr. and Mrs. Grant Er-
nest and family of Kitchener
spent the week -end with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Ernest.
Decide to Insulate Ceiling
Of Town Hall Auditorium
Council debated at great
length on Monday evening the
problem of heating the audi-
torium of the town hall, and
whether or not it should be in-
sulated. Property chairman
Joe Kerr said that he had a con-
tractor look over the problem
and that an estimated price of
$600.00 had been set for in-
sulating the ceiling of the hall.
During the discussion a del-
egation from the Presbyterian
Church headed by Gordon God -
kin arrived at the council meet-
ing, and stated that though the
congregation of the church is
using the hall, the church does
not want to free -load and is
quite prepared to pay for any
extra cost the town may be
facing in trying to heat the
auditorium which is used by
the congregation for church
services. The group left when
council said a price would be
negotiated with the church.
After the delegation left the
meeting council got into a
general argument about the
merits of insulating the room,
the problems of heating and its
cost.
It was finally settled that
council would ask the church to
pay $10.00 per week for heat-
ing the room from the first of
November until the end of the
heating season, and to proceed
with insulating the ceil;ng of
the hall.
Other Reports
W . G. Cruickshank, reporting
for the police committee, said
that tenders for a new police
cruiser have been called and
the one from Bert Armstrong is
the lowest. Council approved
the purchase of a new cruiser
from Mr. Armstrong.
Speaking for public works,
acting mayor J. Roy Adair said
that work planned during the
year had been pretty well com-
pleted. The final project is a
st )rm drain on North Street and,
if necessary, this can be extend-
ed next year.
lie also reported that Burns
Ross, consulting engineer, has
completed the field work for a
study of sewage problems north
and east of the river, and will
likely have the final report in
council's hands early in the new
year.
Councillor Harold Wild, re-
porting for the fire committee,
said that Harvey Taylor has re-
signed from the brigade and his
place had been taken by Lynn
Hickey, a member of the auxil-
iary brigade. The vacancy in
the auxiliary has been filled by
Bill Deneau.
The resignation of William
J. Brown as caretaker of the
town hall was read and accept-
ed with regret by council. A
replacement was discussed and
the duties of a new man gone
into but no action was taken by
council to acquire a new man.
A small piece of property on
Diagonal Road bet ween the
highway and land owned by
Jack Gorbutt came up for dis-
cussion, as Mr. Gorbutt had
requested the town to sell it to
him. Joe Kerr said the property
had originally been owned by
Mr. Gorbutt and had been sold
to the Department of Highways,
which in turn deeded it to the
town. Council decided to sell
the property in question to Mr.
Gorbutt for $100.00.
A letter from the Ontario
Water Resources Commission
outlined the payments required
for the sewage system which
will amount to an annual total
of $6,679. A breakdown of
the cost of a sewer on Angus
Street was also read, with the
amounts to each ratepayer
connecting to the line being
listed.
Before you flare up at any-
one's faults, count ten --ten of
your own.
ICE
Regarding Removal of Snow and Ice from
Josephine Street Sidewalks.
By -Law No. 1407 of the Town of Wingham states
that the owners of any occupied or unoccupied build-
ing or vacant lot or any class thereof situated or
located on the east or west side of Josephine Street,
Wingham, lying north of Victoria and the south side
of Maple Street, and the south side of Maple Street
produced westerly, are required at all times to keep
the sidewalk in front of their respective property or
properties clear of snow and ice.
And in default of so doing by the said owner or
owners, such work shall be done at his or their ex-
pense and the Corporation may recover the expense
in doing it by adding the cost to such owner or own-
er's taxes and recover the same in like manner as
Municipal taxes.
WILLIAM RENWICK,
Clerk, Town of Wingham.
No Injuries in
Two Accidents
Local police investigated
two accidents during the past
week, neither of which were of
too serious a nature, and no
une was injured. Slippery
streets and bad weather were
contributing factors in both
cases.
On Saturday afternoon a car
driven by Brian Cameron of
Wingham was in collision with
another driven by Mrs. Wil-
liam Lockridge at the corner
of Patrick and Josephine streets,
The Lockridge car then struck
a parked car owned by Claude
Martin, of R. R.1, Fordwich.
The Cameron and Martin cars
received minor damage, but
the Lockridge vehicle was
damaged to the extent of about
$200.00 to the left front end.
On Monday morning a south-
bound car driven by Gordon
Congram stopped on Josephine
street, across from Keith John-
ston's service•station. A follow-
ing vehicle driven by Miss
Ruth M. Pfohl turned out to
pass the stopped car and was
faced with a truck coming
over the CNR tracks. In at-
tempting to stop and pull back
behind the Congram vehicle
the Pfohl car struck the parked
machine. Damage was estim-
ated at $150.00 to the Con -
gram car and $100.00 to the
other vehicle,
Haphazards
Entertain
B&PW Club
The December meeting of
the Wingham Business and
Professional Women's Club was
held in the parish room of St.
Paul's Anglican Church last
week with a large number of
members and visitors present.
A turkey supper was served by
the ladies of the church.
Mrs. John Ostrom, the pres-
ident, was in the chair and the
committee in charge of the
program included Mrs. Jack
Alexander, Mrs. Ruth Hueston,
Mrs. E. Shera, Mrs. Roy Ben-
nett and Mrs. George Scott.
The meeting took the form
of a social evening. A letter
of thanks was read from Miss
Ruth McTaggart who had recei-
ved the award from the Wing-
ham B & PW Club at the W.D.
H.S. commencement exer-
cises, held.recently. Greetings
were read from the Regional
Adviser, Miss Elvira Bailey,
of Walkerton.
Mrs. Shera led in the sing-
ing of carols. A highlight of
the evening was the appearance
of ' The Haphazards", a quar-
tet composed of Hap Swatridge,
Raymond Walker, Reg. Bitton
and Bill Connell, who enter-
tained in a most delightful
manner with a number of favor-
ite songs.
Ken Hodgkinson
To Represent
Insurance Co..
The London Life Insurance
Co,. announced this week that
a former Wingham man, Ken
Hodgkinson, who has been with
the company for the past six
years has been transferred to
this community as represent-
ative for the company and will
serve Wingham and the sur-
rounding district.
Ken joined the company in
1959 and spent two years in
the firm's head office. For
the past four years he has been
an agent for the company in
the city of London.
He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Wib Hodgkinson of Wing
ham and. is married to the for-
mer Ruth .Fryfogle, They have
one small son, Marc. The
Hodgkinsons will take up res-
idence at 109 Carling Terrace
this Saturday.
Although Christmas. is the
celebration of the birth ofJe-
PS, the roots of the observance ,
go deeply into the folklore of
the Druids, Scandinavians, Ro-
mans and Egyptians.
MY THANKS TO YOU
WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND MY SINCERE APPRE-
CIATION TO ALL THOSE PUBLIC SCHOOL RATE—
PAYERS WHO VOTED FOR ME IN THE ELECTION
ON MONDAY.
GOOD WISHES TO EACH OF YOU FOR A HAPPY
CHRISTMAS AND A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR.
Lorne McDonald
MY SINCERE THANKS
TO EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTED
ME FOR ELECTION TO THE
PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD.
Season's Greetings to Everyone.
Catherine Crewson
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