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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1965-09-16, Page 1• • �4 trio ran 11000 Win harm, Ontario, Thursday, Sept. 16, 1965 FXR ' SECTION WINGHAM SQUIRTS TAKE CHAMPIONSHIP Six TeevAgers Are Hud In Accident at Royal T Six youths from Wingham and Teeswater were injured when their car crashed into a pole opposite the Kinsmen Pa- villion (formerly Royal T) on the old gravel road, about 1.15 a.m, Saturday, Driver of the car wasJoseph Vanstone, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs, Paul Vanstone of Wing - ham. He apparently lost con- trol of the vehicle as it crossed the railroad siding just south of the Pavilion, The car then went into a skid and nosed into a shallow ditch where it crash- ed head-on into a hydro pole and was completely wrecked. The accident occurred just before the dance was over, and was witnessed by a number of young people who were outside the building, The car was travelling north at the time, Passengers were: John Ban- nerman, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Bannerman, Wing - No One Hurt in Main St. Crash No one was injured, but damage amounted to over $200 to two cars last Thursday when they collided on Josephine St. near the Brewers Retail Store. A car driven by Danny Stac- ey of Lower Town was travel- ling south'and was about to make a turn when it was struck in the rear by another vehicle, driven by Keith E. Montgom- ery of Wingham, who was also proceeding south. It was raining heavily at the time of the mishap and accord- ing to police the street was very slippery. Chief James Miller investigated. ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By The Pedestrian NOTE FROM HOME -- The Sept. 9th issue of the Watrous (Sask.) Manitou car- ries a picture of D. K. Kirk- ham, with the following nota- tion: "An illustrated full page news story in the Wingham (Ont.) Advance -Times is of interest to many readers of the Manitou. One of ten pictures which feature the page is that of D. K. Kirkham, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Kirkham of Watrous and Saskatoon." De- tails of Mr. Kirkham's con- nection with the new firm of Dho, Kirkham & Co. Ltd., are related in the story. 0--0--0 MIGHT HAVE BEEN WORSE— Conservation people in the Maitland Valley received a telephoned warning from Tor- onto officials at the week -end that a possible back -lash from Hurricane Betsy could strike Ontario. The warning was is- sued so that any heavy equip- ment at work in river valleys could be readied for hurried re- moval in case of flash floods from heavy rainfall, However, in spite of predictions of rough weather from the Dominion Weather Office, the heavy rains failed to materialize. 0--0--0 SEEKING IMPROVEMENT -- A visit of CNR officials to town on Wednesday of last week, in which they met with public officials from the town and area, was made for the purpose of seeking; suggestions to itnprove the passenger service on the Palmerston -Kincardine line. Though the railway people are certainly anxious to find means of reducing the annual losses, there was no suggestion at the meeting that the passenger ser- vice would be discontinued in the near future. ham, who received painful back and knee injuries; Gilbert Roane, 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Roane, Teeswater, had face and forehead lacerations, injured left elbow, shock and contusions; Ronald Herd, 15, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Herd, Teeswater, concussion, shock, contusions and severe injury to left eye; William Jar- vis, 18, son of Mr, and Mrs. Bonar Jarvis, Teeswater, suf- fered a fracture of the fore- head, lacerated nose, shock and contusions; Dennis Vath, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Vath, Wingham, had a lacerat- ed right hand, fractured collar bone and facial injuries, • All were admitted to the Wingham and District Hospital for treatment. Young Herd was later removed to a London hos- pital for treatment of the injur- ed eye. The others are report- ed to be in satisfactory condi- tion. The mishap was investigated by Constable Murray Fridenburg of the Wingham O.P.P. de- tachment. Charges are pend- ing. Kinsmen Working With Teen Town Representatives of the Kins- men Club and the Teen Town executive held a meeting last Wednesday evening, at which the Kinsmen sought the sug- gestions of the young people on the type of music they would prefer for the regular Friday night dances at the former Roy- al T hall. Chairman Dawson Pollock led the discussions for the Kinsmen and Teen Mayor Rod Cameron headed his dele- gation. The Kinsmen readily recog- nize the fine accomplishments of the Teen Town in past years when the teen-agers put on dances at frequent intervals and established an enviable record for well-run entertainment. Views were exchanged at the meeting and many aspects of the teen -oriented Friday night dances, and Teen Town was asked to support and publicize these events. --Mrs. G. Luckhurst and Mrs, D. Young, both of Winnipeg, are visiting with their sister, Mrs. Howard Sherbondy and Mr. Sherbondy, and with Mrs. John Hanna. HOPE P.S. BOILER WILL HOLD OUT ANOTHER YEAR The Wingham Public School Board was told by Roy Bennett, one of its members, on Monday evening that his committee had been working with a serious boiler problem which for a time threatened to require com- plete replacement this year. He explained that severalleaks in the tubes had developed and it had been necessary to bring in experts from Goderich to get them repaired. As a result he recommend- ed the board place a down pay- ment on the new boiler which has been built for the new school. This would guarantee availability, if the old boiler causes trouble later on in the year. Otherwise, Mr. Bennett said, it would take over four weeks to acquire a unit to heat the buildings. He said the ex- perts felt the old boiler would carry for another year, but it could not be guaranteed. The board agreed to his recommen- dations. Chairman William Harris reported that plans for the new building are being checked out by the Department of Education and the fire marshall and should be ready for a meeting with the architect next week. The whole board will attend this meeting. Before too long, the chairman said, it should be possible to arrange a final meeting with town council to go over the whole project. Mr. Harris also explained that several legal problems in connection with the ownership of the school property have been cleared up and that every- thing is now in order. The sccretary-treasurer read a projected financial statement which indicated that the finan- cial situation was sound and that the year-end should see a balance of about $13,000. Principal Stewart Beattie told the board that 482 pupils were registered in the school. Kindergarten has 60 pupils, nine of whom will attend Sac- red Heart School next year. Where are 56 in grade 1, 55 in grade '2, 59 in grade 3, 41 in grade 4, 58 in grade 5, 47 in grade 6, 55 in grade 7 and 51 in grade 8, Suggestions for an opportun- ity class at the school were again discussed by the board and will be further investigated. The board also agreed to donate $25.00 to go with the Marion Inglis Medal to the student ob- taining the highest marks in grade 8. Considerable time was tak- en up in discussing whether or not the board members should receive an honorarium. Final- ly the members voted to pay an honorarium of $20.00 per month, as is set out in the Schools Administration Act. Chairman Harris asked the principal why the new math courses have not been offered on a broader scale. Mr. Beattie replied that they were introduc- ed into grades 7 and 8 lastyear and this will be done this year. A letter from the inspector indicated that pupils outside Wingham could attend the school under certain circum- stances. They would have to live closer to the Wingham school than the one in their own section, and the board of the section in question would have to guarantee tuition pay- ments, which in the case of Wingham would be $1.30 per day. Squirt Team Captain Donnie Murray receives Hinton Trophy from Hugh Hodges CNR Officials Seek Advice o n Passenger Trade Local officials were asked by the CNR to evaluate the ser- vice difficulties faced by the railroad regarding passenger traffic on the Stratford -Kincar- dine line, at a meeting held here on Wednesday of last week Similar meetings have been held at Palmerston and Kincar- dine, and at other district points on other lines during the week. Attending the meeting from Wingham were: Mayor DeWitt Miller, Clerk -treasurer Wil- liam Renwick and councillors G. W. Cruickshank and T. E. Moszkowski. Reeve George Joynt of Lucknow was the only representative of another com- munity. Also attending were Murray Gaunt, M.P.P. and L. E. Cardiff, M. P. Railway representatives were Keith Hunt, London, CN area manager and John Noel, Toron- to, CN public relations officer. According to the railway spokesmen, there is no inten- tion at present of discontinuing passenger service on the line. The purpose of the meeting, they claimed, was to find out if there are any suggestions from the local level about ways to improve the patronage of the service. Reeve Joynt, of Lucknow, said he would oppose driving to Wingham to catch a train if the Lucknow stop was cancelled. He said, "I might as well keep Lions Discuss Year's Activities A meeting of the Wingham Lions Club was held in the Queen's Hotel on Tuesday eve- ning. As this was the first meet- ing eeting of the 1965-66 year several activities and service projects were discussed for the coming year. A combined Zone Advisory Meeting for Zone 3 (north and south) and Region 3 Club Offic- ers School will be held in Clin- ton on Wednesday evening, September 29, The club will again provide a bingo game for the patients at the Ontario Hos- pital in Goderich on Wednes- day evening, October 6. District Governor Keith Cook of Collingwood will make his official visit to the club on October 12. Three members of the Howick Club, Ken Edgar, Gerald Rome and Stan Bride were in attendance at the meet- ing. going in my car to Toronto." The company representa- tives said that while fares had been reduced in order to make the service more attractive, average number of passengers per day in 1964, was 12, the same as in 1962, when higher rates prevailed. The result has been a continuing financial loss on the service. They claimed the railway spent $8.00 for every $1.00 taken in as passen- ger revenue.. Study Building Problems High School J;oard to Meet With Department Officials Principal F. E. Madill, of the Wingham District High School, outlined projected en- rollment for the school over the next five years at the regular boart meeting on Thursday eve- ning. As a result of the sug- gested expansion which will be required to handle the increas- ed attendance, the building committee will meet with of- ficials of the Department of Education on October 4th to find the status of the school and the thinking of the Department, The principal's report indi' cated that projected enrollment will reach 1, 218 students with- in five years and as the effec- tive capacity of the school is 930 students it is obvious that further facilities will be need- ed. Attendance this year is 944 students. This increase has been covered by the use of a temporary basement classroom below the library. The report suggested that additional facilities should in- clude 5 classrooms, a business machines room, commercial room, boys' occupations shop, a vocational shop and two drafting rooms. These roans would have a capacity of '290 students which will make up the difference between the ef- fective capacity of the school and the projected enrollment fat 1970. The study indicated that the proposed vocational shop should be for farm mechanics, and al- so indicated that another gym- nasium should be built. In review the report also in- dicated that some thought should be given to enlarging the administration area, the in- clusion of a large group instruc- tion area and small seminar rooms, creating departmental work areas, erection of a green- house, larger staff -hoard room, future provision for a business administrator and that one of the proposed new classrooms should be a geography room. Additional service areas such as washrooms and storage rooms will be required, Tuesday Win over Linwood Earns WOAA Hinton Trophy By Bill Kerr Tuesday saw the Wingham • Squirts win the Western Ontario ,Athletic Association Squirt championship for the second consecutive year as they dump- ed Linwood 14-1. Wingham took the best of seven series four games to 1. Hugh Hodges of Clinton was on hand for the game and later presented the Hinton Moving Company trophy to team captain Donnie Mur- ray. Wingham struck early as they collected all of their runs in the first four innings while Murray, pitching for the win- ners, held Linwood scoreless un- til the last inning. The lone Linwood run came when Kim McLaughlin drew a two -out walk and scored when the Wing - ham catcher over -threw second in trying to cut off an attempt- ed steal. Murray allowed only one hit, a double to Bob Gunn in the first and struck out thir- teen in hand -cuffing the Lin- wood batters. Larry Simmons was the top batter as he slammed a three - run homer in the third and add- ed a single in the fifth. Bobby LaRose slugged a triple and a single while Bruce Skinn, Tom- my Lee, Ronnie and Donnie Murray added two hits each in Wingham's 16 hit barrage. There was a small crowd on hand for the game but those who saw it are very proud of the team. They worked hard all year and it has paid off for them and for Wingham, too, They play ball as only Squirts can play it, yet watching a Squirt game is sometimes more exciting and at times more humorous than in any other cate- gory of players in sport. To those in Wingham who are behind in their ball, the Intermediates are stili going as well as the Pee Wees, so let's get out to the ball park and show them we appreciate agood game and a top name in Sport. The season has come to an end and as manager of the Wingham Squirts I would like to thank all those who gave of their time to rake cars to the games, and to those who help- ed in any other way during the season. May I remind you again that when next summer rolls around, don't wait until September to see the ball games. Get down to the park in June and follow your favorite team throughout the season to show them you ap- preciate their skills in ball, WINGHAM--Skinn 36, Leitch 88, Lee 2B, Hilbert CF, D. Murray P, R. Murray C, Simmons RF, LaRose 1B, Brown 1B, Lockridge LF, Tiffin LF, LINWOOD--K McLaughlin RF, Freeman SS -P, Yaeger3B, Gunn C, L. McLaughlin 1B, MacCallum P -SS, Jones LF, B, McLaughlin 2B, Ament CF. McCallum, Freeman (3) and Gunn; D. Murray and R. Mur- ray. Hospital Board Unhappy With Slow Building Pace Serious concern for the wel- fare of patients occasioned by the slow progress in the building project was expressed by direc- tors of the Wingham and Dis- trict Hospital at their board meeting last Friday evening. A letter from the chairman, ex- pressing the concern of the board has been sent to the architects and the Ontario Hospital Servi- ces Commission. The building plans have en- countered several setbacks, chiefly due to lack of structural steel and other necessary sup- plies. Original planning called for removal of patients from the 1046 wing to the new second storey above the 1957 wing by October. however, indications now point to February or March for the move. A temporary roof covering over the shaft in- tended for one of the elevators has proven ineffective in the heavy rains causing serious in- conveniences to staff and pat- ients alike, First payment to the general contractor in the amount of $32,906.05 was ordered at the meeting, which was presided over by Board Chairman R. B. Cousins. The chairman also outlined difficulties which have arisen in regard to the hospital's incinera• tor equipment. When the boil- ers were changed over to an oil -fired system earlier this year propane gas burners were installed in the outdoor incin- erator on a trial basis. These have proven inadequate to han- dle the pathological waste and incinerator experts recently ad- vised the installation of a sep- arate unit to dispose of patho- logical waste only. The board discussed the rela- tive costs or alterations to the existing unit and as an alterna- tive, the installation of the ad- ditional unit, which would cost in the neighborhood of $1500. It was agreed that the latter course appeared to be the more economical. Chairman E. E. Walker of the property committee report- ed that all the furnishings from the former nurses' residencehad been sold to hospital employees The building is now used as a training school for the RNA course. Chairman Barry Wenger of the finance committee present- ed the financial statement for the year to date, showing com- parisons of actual expenditures and budget figures, The management committee. of which A. D. Mac William is chairman, reported that all 21 students in the registered nurs- ing assistants' course had passed their examinations and recei' ed registration. Sixteen of the girls had 7010 or higher. Twen- ty-four students have been en- rolled for the 1965-66 course. Mrs. I. R. Morrey, hospital administrator, repotted figures for the year to date as follows: 151 births, 770 operations, 1227 outpatients treated, 2571 x-rays, 24 basal metabolism ratings, 54 blood transfusions, 7509 laboratory tests, 294 elec- trocardiographic examinations, 493 at cancer clinics, 10 coron- er's reports. Since the first of the year there have been a tot- al of 21,336 hospital days. in July the average patient occu- pancy was 81.4 and in August 68,4. Mrs. J. W. English reported that the Ladies' Auxiliary had entertained the RNA's to dinner the evening previous to the graduation ceremonies. The chairman said that Mrs, Roy Bennett, a member of the hoard had tendered her resigna* tion because she had accepted a position on the staff of the Walkerton hospital.