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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1965-03-18, Page 11 Former Wingham Couple Sailing To New Zealand During his stay in England last week, Barry Wenger spoke w to Mrs. Ian Hammerton by tele- phone and learned that Mr, and Mrs. Hammerton expect to go to New Zealand this year. Former owners of the Wing - ham photo studio, they returned • to England a few years ago and have since operated a studio at Tunbridge Wells, south of Lon- don. They intend to sail their own boat to New Zealand and are keenly anticipating the long • voyage. Charlie MCKibbon of Wing - ham has been with them since the fall and expects to return to Canada next month. • Two Local Students Win at Goderich • Two students from the Wing- ham District High School won ` top honors at the Ontario Public Speaking Contest sponsored by the Ontario School Trustees & Ratepayers Association and Ont- ario Hydro. The contest was held at Goderich on Tuesday evening. Barry Thompson was first in the prepared speech division. He chose as his topic,"Cana- dian Unity". The other winner was Char- les Congram who placed first in the impromptu division. He • spoke on "A Shrinking World". In this division the contestants were given the topic and 20 minutes in which to prepare their remarks with three to five minutes for delivery. The two boys will go on to • compete in Zone 9 competition at St, Marys on April 8th, Mayor Frank Walkom of Goderich was chairman of the event. Married 50 Years Mr. and Mrs. Allan Pattison, Minnie Street, celebrated their + golden wedding anniversary on Friday with a family dinner at Danny's Restaurant and open house afternoon and evening for friends and relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Pattison were married March 12, 1915 at the + Wingham parsonage by Rev. W, J. Hibbert. They were both born in East Wawanosh Township. Mrs. Pattison is the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry Deacon and Mr. Pattison is a a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Pattison. Mr. and Mrs. Pattison farmed on the Pattison homestead on Con. 13, East Wawanosh until two years ago, when they re- tired to Wingham. They have two sons, Roy and Henry, both of East Wawa - nosh, and a daughter, Mrs. Gerald (Dorothy) Watson of Forest. There are ten grand- children. The weather on their wed- ding day, which was also a Fri- day, was similar to that on their anniversary, sunny and bright. Out of town guests attending the reception were from Goder- ich, Nile, Auburn, Dungannon, Guelph and Lucknow. ALONG Tijf MAIN DRAG By The Pedestrian The Pedestrian FIRST OF SEASON?- - Mrs. Sta fford Bateson reports seeing a robin in her yard on Tuesday morning of this week. With crows whooping it up in the woods and little rivulets w sneaking from under the snow banks, we're in the mood for spring weather. 0--0--0 BIT OF A SHOCK-- Spcuking of spring weather, yours truly found it rather grim to return to Canada in a snow f storm after walking the streets Of Old London in balmy spring weather until Saturday. Daffo- f difs were in full bloom in the parks. ittobam btianctimeimit FIRST SECTION Wingham, Ontario, Thursday, Mar. 18, 19$S Single Copy Not Over Ten Cents SUSAN CARSON, OF GORRIE, Friday afternoon won the Howick Central School public speaking contest with her subject "Our Queen." Miss Carson won out over 22 other contestants. Shown left to right: Jean Adams, senior winner and runner-up to Miss Carson; Blake Ferguson, second, intermediate class; Miss Carson; Chereb Tomp- kins, second, senior division. —Photo by Cantelon. Editors' Party Spent Week with Canada's NATO Forces in Europe By Barry Wenger Canadians play a bigger part in world affairs than most of us in this country realize. Among the most important of all our ambassadors-at-large are the members of the Cana- dian Army and the Royal Cana- dian Air Force who serve with the North Atlantic Treaty Or- ganization forces in Western Europe. It has been my pleasure to visit the Canadian bases in France and West Germany dur- ing the past two weeks with 20 other Canadian weekly news- men representing papers in most of the Canadian provinces, We left Ottawa by RCAF Yukon aircraft on the evening of Feb- ruary 26th and flew non-stop to No. 1 Wing headquarters at Marville, France, taking off a short time later for Dusseldorf, West Germany. Our party remained over- night in this completely mo- dern city --modern because 80 per cent of its buildings were demolished by massive Allied air raids toward the end of the war. The next day we continu- ed by bus to the ancient walled city of Soest, about which are located the various posts of the 4th Canadian Infantry Brigade Group (Army). BACK TO FRANCE Two days were spent visiting many of the Army establish- ments in the area and we left Germany by train on Wednes- day for the return journey to RCAF establishments in north- ern France and south Germany. Thursday and Friday the news party visited Air Force install- ations and Friday evening sev- eral of the members, myself included, left for the week -end in Paris and the remainder of the following week in London. The Canadian Brigade Group, which is centred on Soest, Werl and Hemer in Westphalia, Ger- many, was established in that area in 1953, although Cana- dian forces in the NATO com- mand had been in Germany since 1951. Brigade units are dispersed over a 400 square mile area in nine camps located some 25 miles east of the centre of Ger- many's industrial heartland at the junction of the Ruhr and Rhine Rivers. Not far from Soest is the famed Mohne dam, which provides the reservoir of water required for the gigantic steel industry lower down the valley. On our way into Soest on the first Sunday afternoon our bus detoured a few miles in order to permit us to visit the dam site, made familiar to Cana- dians who saw the film "The Darn -Busters". The movie was an epic account of the care- fully -planned Royal Air Force bombing attack on the Mohne and two other dams in the same area. Though the mission was Please Turn to Page Five. H.S. Salaries Settled with Minor Schedule Adjustments Murray Cardiff, chairman of the Wingham District High School Board management corn mittee brought in a report of salary negotiations with the staff, to Thursday night's meet- ing. Mr.Cardiff said thesched- ule has been approved by the teachers, and asked board ap- . Youth Is Charged after Wild Chase by Police Phillip W. Breckles, of R13.2, Holyrood, has been charged with dangerous driving follow- ing a wild chase by town police early last Saturday morning. Police received a complaint that a car was squealing its tires and generally causing trouble about 1:30 a.m. The #vehicle was noticed near the south edge of town, and when the police attempted to stop the car, it took off towards Whitechurch, at times,accord- ing to the police report, reach- ing speeds of 100 miles pet hour. At Whitechurch the vehicle turned north on the township road, and sped through a crowd of people coming out of a dance. Police were forced to slow down because of the crowd, giving the other car a chance to gain a considerable lead. The police finally caught up with the machine as it ap- proached No. 4 highway from 'the west, several miles north of Wingham. In the interval it had gone off the road, citcled in a field and kept on going. Police also stated that another ear was forced into the ditch on the township road, but by the time they returned to the scene, it had been extricated. Constables Zitntner and Fox- ton were in the cruiser at the time of the chase, proval of the program. The report indicated the following changes in the sched- ule: category 1, minimum $4,800, maximum, $8,800 (no change); category 2, $5,30C to $9,000, (up from $5,100 to $9, 000); category 3, $5, 900 to $9,800, (up from $5,700 to $9,600); category 4, $6,400 to $10,200, (up from $6,000 to $10,000). Other adjustments were made in the schedule of major and minor department heads and subject supervisors, as well as for salaries of the principal and vice-principal, FINANCIAL STATEMENT Secretary -treasurer Miss Y. McPherson brought in the finan- cial statement for 1964, which was approved by the board. The statement listed gross revenues of $611,523,64. This was made up of $340,675.00 in legislative grants, $206, 652. - 95 from the municipal levies, $16,036.85, tuition fees. The balance was made up of a sur- plus at the end of 1963 which was larger than a deficit in the vocational department, along with a number of other smaller expenditures. On the expenditure side of the ledger, administration) ac- counted for $11,36R661; plant operation and maintenance $40,326.67; teachers' salaries, $265,255.68; supplies, $21, - 097.95; transportation, $'79, - 519.00; debenture principal and interest $65,880.00;other services, $28,338.42. The Please turn to Page Three Annual Meeting Rec. Comm. Five Seek Recreation Director's Position The annual meeting of the Wingham Recreation Commit- tee was held in the council chambers on Sunday evening at 8;30, when it was announced that five persons have applied for the position of recreation director and arena manager here. The applications were read to the meeting and a com- mittee appointed to interview the applicants at Guelph this week and to report to a meet- ing of the general committee on March 21st. A report of the swimming and water safety program and other summer activities was prepared by the supervisor, Hugh Sinnamon and was read to the meeting. It also contained recommendations for this year's program. Mrs. Harold Wild, Lake Hu- ron Zone representative to the Ontario Recreation Association reported on three conferences she had attended during the past year. The first was at Lake Couchiching in September, being the fall ORA Board Con- ference. Reports were heard and discussions held concerning youth and its needs, member- ship and zone development. The Lake Huron Zone Con- ference was held at Listowel on November 7th when discuss- ions were held on the leader- ship available to youth groups and the facilities available for youth programs. It was stressed that discipline and rules for the use of facilities are important. The 1965 ORA Conference will be held at the Skyline Hotel in Etobicoke on April 29, 30 and May 1. The theme of the conference will be "Youth and Pleasure". Activities sponsored by the Lake Huron Zone include a drama workshop to be held in Owen Sound March 20 and 21; Lake Huron Zone Junior Bowl- ing Tournament at St, Marys on April 17th; District Leaders Institute training course at the University of Guelph July 4th to 9th, ARENA CONDITIONS Considerable discussion arose regarding the untidy con- ditions at the arena. It was stated that conditions in the building have improved during the past year, but that there is still room for a great deal of improvement. The opinion was expressed that these undesirable conditions have arisen as a re- sult of shortage of help and lack of proper management. Election of officers proved unnecessary since the chairman Jack Gorbutt, and the vice- chairman, Mrs. H. Wild, as well as the members of the execu- tive were elected for a two- year term last year, The secre- tary -treasurer is Charles Perrott and other executive members are W. B.Conron, Lloyd Case - more, Michael Willie, Jack Bateson and Ted Moszkowski, The Committee also includes representatives from most of the local service clubs and in- terested organizations in the community such as Firemen, Catholic Women's League, United Church, Kinettes, Kins- men, Lions, Legion, Public School, High School, Figure Skating Club, Town Council, Teen Town, etc. The following financial statement was presented: RECEIPTS Bank, $2,471.88; petty cash $1.5'7; total, $2,473.45. Grants -Provincial, $1,324, - 12; Municipal, $1,700.00; to- tal, $3,024.12. Lights, $287.40; booth, $339.12; total, $626.62. Groups: Figure Skating Club, $1,219,50; Lions Club, $395.2Q Kinsmen Club, $280,28; Fire- men, $65.00; Hockey Club, $9,31; Goderich Recreation, $29.00; total, $1,998.29. Activities: Swimming, $256.- 90. 256;90. Other receipts: insurance, $22,50; insurance claims, $138.- 00; 138.00; total, $160.50. Total receipts, $6,066.43. Grand total, $8,539,88. DISBURSEMENTS Leadership expenses: Figure Skating, $819.50; swimming and summer, $2,100.90; total, $2,920.40. Administrative and office: salaries, $150.00; audit, $40.00; other, $22, 52; total, $212.52. Lights, $229,88. Program expense: hockey, $1,612,43; ball and summer, $573.21; figure skating (ice time), $400,00; training camp fee, $30.00; Workmen's Comp- ensation, $10.38; Lake Huron Zone expense, $9.00; O. R. A. expense, 8100.00; figure skat- ing (rebate), 8320.66; total, $3.055.68. Zone Membership fee, $20.00; insurance, $55.50; ins- urance claims, $138.00; booth, $557.38; total, $770,88. Total expenses, $'7,189.36. Bank, $1,348.95; petty cash, $1.57; total, $1,350.52, Grand total, $8,539.88, SCHOOL FLAGS ARE STILL MISSING The new Canadian flags raised on February 15th at the Wingham District High School and at the Sacred Heart Sep- arate School were stolen last week from the flag poles. Po- lice are investigating but so far no trace of the missing em- blems has been found. ATTEND ANNIVERSARY --Visitors attend- ing the 15th anniversary of the local Re- bekah Lodge included Mrs. E. Whitehead, Orillia, vice-president Of the Rebekah As- sembly; Miss M. Williamson, Noble Grand of the Wingharr► Lodge; Mrs. Roselle Wil- son, Waterloo, district deputy president, District 8; Mrs. Martha Patterson, Ripley, past president of the Blue Rebekah Assem- bly, and Mrs. Jos. Scott, Ripley, district deputy president.