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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1965-02-11, Page 1• • •. • • • • LOCAL FIREMEN had a tough battle last Thursday to bring a stubborn fire at the Speed -Wash under control. The fire, which got into partitions and the gap between ceiling tile and flooring was hard to get at. Volumes of dense smoke at times forced the firefighters away from the hose lines. This photo shows the back of the building where one hose line was pouring in a steady stream of water.—A-T Photo. Building Progress Outlined At Hospital Assoc. Annual ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By The Pedestrian 1 PARENTS: TAKE NOTE- - Some of your hockey -play- ing youngsters won't like this, but it's been brought to our at- tention that mouth guards which • snap onto the now -compulsory helmets, cost less than one buck The kids dislike them, but they can save a player from becom- ing a dental cripple. The guards aren't a guarantee that teeth will not be knocked out, but they do provide consider- % able protection, as a blow on the guard transmits the shock to the supporting helmet. It may be better to have a dis- gruntled future hockey star, than one with no front teeth. 0--0--0 WINTER FISHING -- We hear that several people from the area have been up north doing a spot of ice fishing. --some with no luck at all. On the other hand Don McKay and • some pals arrived home on the week -end after a one -day trip with a six -pound laker and 27 whitefish --and the guy doesn't like fish! 0--0--0 THAT WEATHER! Just to keep our Florida-en- sconsed subscribers up to date: Last week saw some real storms, but on the week -end the temp- erature went up to a balmy 40 degrees. It has stayed mild so far this week, but it still is a only mid-February so there is time for plenty of snow to come. 0--0--0 THWANKS! -- The firefighters were well nigh frozen at the laundromat fire last Thursday, with the temperature well down. They • really appreciated the efforts of Levi Good at the nearby restau- rant who provided free coffee • for the hard-pressed workers. • There was a very light at- tendance for the annual meet- ing of the Wingham and District Hospital Association, held in the recreation room of the nur- ses' residence on Friday evening.. Reports were heard on the vari- ous hospital departments and directors were elected for the coming year. R. B. Cousins of Brussels, pre- sident of the association, presi- ded over the meeting and wel- comed those in attendance. Mr. Cousins mentioned with regret the death of two honorary direc- tors irecttors during the past year, H.C. MacLean and Captain Adams. Secretary John Strong read the minutes of last year's annual meeting. Mr. Cousins' report voiced appreciation to the administra- tor, staff, medical staff and directors for their co-operation. He said that the building pro- ject which will see the demo- lition of the original hospital structure, enlargement of the 1946 wing and a second storey addition over the north wing, has reached the stage where tenders will be called this month. He said the project is expected to cost in the neigh- borhood of $700,000. Costs will be met out of federal, pro- vincial and county grants, a reserve fund held by the hospi- tal for this purpose and a loan from the Ontario Hospital Ser- vices Commission. FINANCES A. D. MacWilliam, who has been chairman of the finance committee for the past year, reported on that aspect of the hospital's operation. His fig- ures showed a total revenue of $648, 044.83 and expenditures of $651,366.61 for a deficit of $3,321.78 after allowing for depreciation. DeWitt Miller, who was chairman of the management committee, expressed his re- gret that with his acclamation as mayor of the town he was compelled to resign his position on the board of the hospital. He recalled the activity which was required at the time of the con- struction of the last wing at the hospital, and said he would continue to be keenly interest - Please turn to Page Two Abbancemeinte FIRST SECTION Wingham Advance -Times, Thursday, Feb, 11, 1965 Single Copy Not Over Ten Cents Grey and Bruce Are Combined Five Municipalities Are Added to Huron -Bruce Through Redistribution There were surprises galore in the report of the Ontario re- distribution committee brought into the legislature last week. The commission has been work- ing orking for several months on the problem of re -aligning the po- litical constituencies of the province, so that the ridings will conform more realistically to the changing population pat tern. The riding of Huron -Bruce, in which Wingham is located, has been enlarged by the addi- tion of a sizeable area of what was the riding of Bruce. Added to Huron -Bruce are the Town of Kincardine, Village of Tiver- ton, and Townships of Kincar- dine, Bruce and Greenoch. Advance -Times to Receive Award Many Ontario weekly news- paper publishers and their wives will be taking time away from busy offices this week to attend the annual convention of the Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association in Toronto's Royal York Hotel, February 12th and 13th. Wilson Boyer of the Brace - bridge Herald -Gazette is the convention chairman. OFFICIAL WELCOME Delegates will be welcomed on Thursday evening by Mr. and Mrs. John Morris. Mr. Morris is the publisher of the Prescott Journal and president of the as- sociation. K. G. Patridge, publisher of Camrose, Alberta, Canadian, and president of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers' Association will address the delegates.There will be speakers on all aspects of weekly newspaper publishing during the business sessions. Hon. Charles MacNaughton, Minister of Highways, will ad- dress the delegates at luncheon on Friday, after which Dr. How- ard Long,University of Southern Illinois, U.S.A. , will speak on and conduct a forum on editor- ial writing. Hon. Mitchell Sharp will speak to the delegates in the in- terest of Expo 67, following the breakfast on Saturday. $250 Damage in Main St. Crash Two cars were damaged to a total of about $250.00 late Saturday afternoon on Wing - ham's main street in front of the King B.A. service station. The accident occurred when a car driven by William K. Ro- bertson of RR 2, Bluevale, was leaving the service station lot, and turning south. He was struck by another car driven by Albert G. Smyth, of RR 5, Wing - ham, who was also proceeding south. The Robertson car was dam- aged to the extent of $200.00 on the right front and side, while the Smyth vehfrlc had about $50.00 damage to its left front fender. Police Chief James Miller investigated. On Saturday morning the delegates will visit the Ryerson Polytechnical Institute where they will be guests for luncheon. The speaker will be Hon. Wm. Davis, Minister of Education. WINNERS OF COMPETITIONS General Excellence, under 1000 population: 1, Dutton Ad- vance; 2, Vineland -Jordan Post; 3, Thamesville Herald. Under 2000: 1, Winchester Press; 2, Chesterville Record; 3, Kempt- ville Weekly Advance. Under 3500: 1, Blenheim News Tri- bune; 2, Wingham Advance - Times; 3, Exeter Times Advo- cate. Over 3500: 1, Leaming- ton Post and News; 2, Fort Erie Times Review; 2, Midland Free Press Herald; 3, Kapuskasing Northern Times. Hugh Carmichael Inas Resident Here 30 Years Hugh Peter Carmichael, whose example of faith and courage through a long and try- ing illness will long be remem- bered by all who knew him, died early Monday morning in St. Joseph's Hospital, London. He was 58. He was born at Ivan in Lobo Township, a son of the late Duncan and Flossie Carmichael. His ancestors were pioneer set- tlers in that township. Hugh's mother died when he was nine years old and he and his brother, Court, then made their home with their uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Mc- Kay of Poplar Hill. He attended public school at Poplar Hill and Lobo Continuation School. As a young man he worked for the Bell Telephone Com- pany and came to Wingham about 30 years ago. He married the former Luella Hopper of Wingham in 1934, at London. Mr. Carmichael owned and operated the North End Grocery for several years. He sold to Mr. Rutherford in 1947. In Feb- ruary, ia48, he bought Bader's Dry Goods, which was known as Carmichael's Dry Goods until October 1963, when, because of ailing health, Mr. Carmich- ael sold to Mr. and Mrs. Lorne McDonald. During the time he was a merchant he was president of the Wingham Business Associa- tion and held office at the time the association assumed respon- sibility for the 75th anniversary of the town's incorporation. He was commercial agent for the Bell Telephone Company and was a member of the company's Pioneer Club. As a member of Wingham Lions Club he was a past presi- dent and deputy -district gover- nor. He was a past master of the Wingham Masonic Lodge. A Masonic service was held at the S. J. Walker funeral home on Tuesday evening. Mr. Carmichael was a mem- ber of Wingham United Church. Surviving, besides his wife, are a daughter, Mrs. Don (Pat- ricia) Hawthorne of Toronto and a son, Peter of Detroit;and two grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Ken (Gladys) Kersey of Windsor, Mrs. J.C. (Mary) Ash- down of Vancouver, Mrs. K. L. (Norma) Routledge of Flesher - ton, and a brother, Court of Port Credit. Service was held at the fun- eral home on Wednesday after- noon. Rev. C.M.Jardine offici- ated. Interment was in Wing - ham Cemetery. The pallbear- ers were Leonard Crawford, John Alexander, Warren Callan, Marvin Smallman, Alfred Lock - ridge and Harry McArthur. The floral tributes were carried by W. T. Cruickshank and Roy Man- uel. The riding of Bruce disap- pears from the list, the muni- cipalities remaining being com- bined with the former Grey North municipalities to form a new riding to be known as Grey - Bruce. Former Mayor Eddie Sar- gent of Owen Sound at present represents Grey North and Bruce is represented by Ross Whicher of Wiarton. With only one rid- ing left for their area either one is slated for retirement. The Grey South riding, re- presented by former Liberal Leader Farquhar Oliver,remains the same in name but has been enlarged by the addition of the townships of Collingwood and St. Vincent. MORE SEATS Indicative+of the increasing population of the province, the redistribution calls for a total of 117 representatives in the Legislature compared with the present 108. Strangely enough the Toronto area loses three • seats in the shuffle. Thirteen new ridings have been created in the province, but four have been eliminated. ELECTION RESULT The riding of Bruce was formed in 1933 and in the in- terval has consistently sent a Liberal member to the legisla- ture, with the exception of two terms when J. P. Johnstone, a Conservative, of Walkerton, held the seat. In the last provincial elec- tion held in the fall of 1963, the Town of Kincardine gave the Liberal candidate a major- ity of 79; Tiverton 4; Township of Bruce 116; Greenoch 171. The Township of Kincardine was the only one of the five muni- cipalities to give the Conserva- tive candidate a'majority, in this case 95 votes. The results of the redistribu- tion will not come into effect until the next provincial elec- tion which may not be held until 1967 or 1968. In the inter- val the incumbents will contin- ue in office. Even if by-elec- tions are necessary in ridings where changes have been made, they could be operated on the basis of the old distribution of seats. CAR RECOVERED A car taken from the lot of McClure Motors on Saturday evening was found on Sunday by police, abandoned on the parking lot behind the Wingham District High School. NEW APPOINTMENT Brian Groh, who has been accountant at the Imperial Bank of Commerce at North Bay for the past three years, has been appointed manager at Horne- payne and will move there shortly with his wife and family. His wife is the former Beatrice MacDonald of Wingham. Laundromat Fire Damage May Total Nearly $30,000 Fire of undetermined origin caused damage estimated at somewhere between $25,000 and $30, 000 in the Wingham Speed Wash on Thursday after- noon. The building is owned by a former mayor of Wingham, R. E. McKinney, now living in Toronto. He had left the day before on a trip to Florida, and was reached by his son James, of Toronto, on Friday. Mr. Mc- Kinney flew back from the south on Saturday. The coin laundry is operat- ed by Onward Manufacturing of Kitchener, owners of the equip- ment, The alarm was turned in by a customer in the laundromat, who raced to the Deyell Butch- er Shop to call the fire br igade. The fire spread rapidly both in the basement and in the ceil- ing of the laundry. The latter was constructed of ceiling tile with soundproofing insulation between the tile and the floor- ing of the second storey. Floor joists in both the base- ment and the upper floor were badly burned and charred, leaving some sections in dan- ger of collapse. Officials of Onward Manu- facturing could not say how badly the machinery was dam- aged until the units have been taken in and inspected. Miss Winnifred Munro, a high school teacher, occupied an apartment in the back of the second floor and her effects were badly damaged by smoke arid water. Mr. McKinney had living accommodations in the larger front apartment where exten- sive damage was caused by smoke and water, although the fire did not actually reach the front rooms of the building. Mr. McKinney said that the three oriental rugs in the apart- ment partment were quite valuable. Two were damaged badly, but a large one In the front room suf-• feted only from smoke and wa- ter and can probably be clean- ed and restored to good condi- tion. The owner also stated that he estimated the damage to the building will run to over $16, 000, with loss to furnish- ings in the two apartments and to the laundry machinery amounting to over $10, 000. He said insurance will not cover the complete loss. WILL REBUILD Mr. McKinney said on Mon- day that work will start immed- iately to rebuild the interior, as the cement block structure put up just a few years ago, is still sound. He hoped that it would be completed within a month. Officials of the Onward Manufacturing said on Friday that they will have the equip- ment back in action just as fast as possible, in order that their customers will not be in- convenienced any more than necessary. The fire apparently started in the basement and worked up in the northwest corner of the building behind the drying machinery. It was extremely stubborn and it took the fire- men over three hours to bring it under control. They were fighting against dense, billow- ing clouds of acrid smoke that at times forced them away from their hose lines as the nozzlemen were caught in dense smoke leaving them gasp- ing for breath. Robert Kaufman, of the Ont- ario Fire Marshal's office, Lon- don, began an investigation on Friday into the cause of the fire but so far no report has been made. The Wingham Curling Rink and the Berean Chapel are sit- uated on either side of the building, in very close prox- imity. They did not suffer damage from fire, although some damage was caused by water to both buildings. Tiles in the church basement have been loosened by the water and will have to be replaced.