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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1966-01-27, Page 1ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By The. Pedestrian Constable John Harkness ncioZiemit sC ingbmen Y. MISSED, BY GOLLY-- That's right, there was a big, fat, woolly snowstorm at Toronto - and Wingham was practically by-passed. The Queen City was blanketed by more than 16 inches of snow and everything came to a stand- still. Yes, we got a few inch- es, but not enough to worry about, 0-0-0 SPARE BEDROOMS PLEASE-- Minor hockey boosters in town are still searching out bil- lets for the boys from Detroit who will be playing here Satur- day night. Response so far has been very good but a few more hosts are needed. Call Roger West if you can help. 0--0--0 HOSPITAL MEETING— . Members of the Hospital As- sociation and all who are inter- ested in hospital activities should note that the annual meeting will be held on Friday evening next week in the for- mer nurses' residence building, Catherine Street. Member- ship dues may be paid at the hospital office. • I FIRST SECTION Cons!. John Harkness Is Praised for Police Work HOWICK OFFICERS of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 307 were installed at a special ceremony on Monday when the branch marked its 25th anniversary. Back row: Rev. D. L. Steven, chaplain; J. F. Alcorn, past president; Harold Special Ceremonies Held to Mark Howick Legion's 25th Anniversary _ Wingharn, Ontario, Thursday, Jan. 7, 1966 Single Copy Not. Over Fifteen Cents, Klan Subject .of Talk to Lions A meeting of the Wingham Lions Club was held in the Queens Hotel on Tuesday eve- ning. A letter from Deputy Dis- trict Governor Tom MacMillan of Exeter was read, advising the club he would be making his official visit on February 8. The guest speaker was John Strong, news editor of CKNX, who is secretary of the Radio and TV News Directors Associa- tion of Canada, who spoke on "Ralph Bloomsberg and the Ku Klux Klan" . He gave a very interesting and informative talk on conditions in the south- ern states where the Ku Klux Klan is active. The Klan, which was formed following the Civil War, forced Ralph Bloomsberg, operator of a radio station in Bogalusa, Louisiana, out of business because his edi- torials on the rights of all citi- zens defied the Klan. Birthday Dinner With Old Friends BAPTISM AT UNITED CHURCH The first sacrament of bap- tism for 1966 was observed in the United Church last Sunday. Those baptized were Andrea Lois, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Walker; Clarence David and Donald William, sons of the late Mr. Clarence Howe and Mrs. Howe, Twenty-three members of the Howick Royal Canadian Legion Branch 307 were joined by as many Legion members from other centres to mark the Saturday afternoon and eve- ning have been scheduled for the observance of Minor Hoc- key Week in Wingham when five local teams will play teams from Detroit. The opening will come at 4.15 p.m. when May- or DeWitt Miller will drop the puck for the game between the Detroit and Wingham Novice teams, boys 8 to 10 years. If you have in the past watched these youngsters play, this will be one of the day's games you won't want to miss. These kids have lots of steam and they usually hit the ice with such enthusiasm that they automatically draw cheers from the crowd. Team officials for this group are Del Ewing, Doug Ewing and Bob McKay. Game officials will, be George Kerr and Barry Fry. The Pee Wees will play at 5 p.m. with Harold Wild drop- ping the puck for the face-off. These lads are 10 to 12 years The Wingham Kinettes will join forces with 40,000 March- ing Mothers throughout the province when they blitz the town on Monday night for the March of Dimes. Originally established to fight poliomyelitis, the March of Dimes was founded by Eddie Cantor in the 1930s. The movement was incorp- orated in Ontario in 1951 as the Ontario Chapter of the Canad- ian Foundation for Poliomyelit- is. After Salk vaccine ended most of the worry of the crip- pling disease the organization changed its role to that of re- habilitating all disabled. It is now called the Rehabilitation Foundation for the Disabled. The Foundation starts in where the Society for Crippled Children leaves off. It con- cerns itself with disabled and handicapped persons 19 and ov- er who cannot be helped by the Workmen's Compensation Board, and are coached and managed by Elwood Irwin and George Gammage. The game officials will be Ed Anderson and Ken Wood. At 6.15 the Bantams, 12 to 14 years, will take to the ice with Stewart Beattie doing the honors on the face-off. Bob Rit- ter and Murray Stainton are in charge of this team and Jim Bain and Maurice Stainton will be the game officials. Perc Stainton will officiate for the opening of the game be- tween the two Midget teams. These 14 to 16-year-olds are managed by Mac Ritchie, Larry Routley and Raymond Walker. The game starts at 7,30. Game time for the Juveniles is 9 p.m. and Perc Schram and Don Lee, who will be game of- ficials for the Midget encoun- ter, will work right through for the Juves as well. A. J. Lock- ridge will drop the puck for the face-off. Bill Lockridge and Dept. of Veterans' Affairs or other government welfare ag- encies. Case or field workers play the role of detective, real es- tate agent, public relations consultant, transportation ex- pert and scrounger-at-large. They find the disabled, get them to clinics and rehabilita- tion centres, and in some cases find more suitable accommoda- tion, housekeepers and furnish- ings for the disabled ready to head out on their own. The Foundation's pride and joy is Operation Reliance Inc., an industrial plant founded in suburban Toronto. It is staffed by disabled persons and used fot training other potentially em- ployable persons. It operates at a profit and is continually di- versifying and expanding. For the first time since the Foundation's inception in 1951, as much money was put back into .the public pocket in 1965 Jon Bateson handle this team. Between periods of the Juv- enile game there will be a draw. The winner will get two tickets to the NHL game, Chi- cago at Toronto on Saturday, February 5. For this draw please retain your half of your admission ticket. Admission will be 50 cents for adults and those over public school age, and 25 cents for public school age. Minor Hockey Week is not only dedicated to hockey as a vehicle for boys to become bet- ter citizens, learn good sports- manship, discipline and respect of rules on and off the ice, but also to recognize the efforts of the men and women who de- vote their time to boys and hockey. You can show your appreciation. Don't send — take your boy to the arena, then stay and watch him play. Please note: Some billeting is still needed for boys 8 to 16 years. by newly rehabilitated disabled workers as will be collected by the March of Dimes. The Kinettes hope to raise $600.00. Wingham is part of the Central Western Ontario Branch Board and there are 261 disabled persons already known to the Ontario March of Dimes in this Branch area. No doubt there are many more who have not yet come for help, not realizing that something might still be done for them in spite of long-standing disability. If our readers know of such per- sons, please suggest to them that they write to the District March of Dimes office at Kit- chener and the caseworker will call on them. Have your porch light on Monday, January 31st when the Marching Mother calls at your home. Next Sunday the work of a Wingham writer, Mrs. Mentie DuVal will be featured on sta- tion CBL radio, Toronto. Dur- ing the program "Centennial Rhapsody" the Romanoff choir and orchestra will present "The Centennial Hymn", lyrics for which were written by Mrs. Du- Val. The musical setting was composed by S. B. Hains, of Toronto. Mrs. DuVal is the wife of A. R. DuVal, local chiropractor. S. B. Hains is editor of pub- lications at Broadcast Music In- corporated Canada Limited. Born in Moncton, N.B., he served in orchestras and radio in both Canada and the United States before the war. After serving in the RCAF he return- ed to Moncton, where he man- aged a large music and instru- ment store and at the same time served on the staff of radio station CKCW. Later he was associated in Toronto with Capitol Records as manager of their Toronto branch and even- tually became national sales promotion manager and nation- Blyth, Walkerton, Clinton and Wingham. Dominion President Fred OL Brecht, of Durham, spoke brief- ly on the centennial fund and youth training plan. Andy Burierling of Exeter was in charge of the installa- tion of officers. He was assist- ed by Ed Bell, Reg McDonald, Alan Nicholson, Ted Pooley, Joseph Jagelewski, Bill Scarr, Chester Merriam and James Sullivan. Twenty-five-year badges were presented to William Mc- Cann, George Pittendreigh and Howard Wylie. A past-presi- dent's badge and medal were presented to James Alcorn. A brief historical outline of the branch was given by Ted Pooley, of Exeter, Zone Com- mander when the branch was formed; Howard Wylie, the first secretary and George Inglis, first president. Following the ceremonies, lunch was served to the mem- bers and visitors. An anniver- sary cake marking the event had been made and presented by the Ladies' Auxiliary. Charges Laid in Morrisbank Crash Garnet H. Reid of R. R. 3 Palmerston, has been charged with failing to stop and failing to remain at the scene of an ac- cident as the result of a mishap at Morrisbank last Friday at 6:30 p.m. Carol E. Louttit, R. R. 1 Wroxeter, had stopped at the intersection of County Road 12 and Highway 86, when her vehicle was struck in the left rear corner by a pickup truck driven by Reid. Reid then continued across the intersection and proceeded north on the county road. Damage was estimated at $250.00 to the Louttit car, a 1965 Valiant and $150.00 to the pickup truck. Constable Ron Bell of the local OPP detachment was the investigating officer. —Mr. and Mrs. John Mc- Kenzie and family of Port Col- borne spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. William McKen- zie on Bluevale Road. al advertising manager for Capi- tol, He has held his present position with BMI Canada Lim- ited since 1963. BMI has been doing consid- erable research for songs to be used during the Centennial. Harold Moon, general manag- er of BMI and a charter in:!rn- ber of the Centennial Board, greatly favored the DuVal lyric and with his assistants agreed on its sincerity and excellence. Mr. Hains worked on the set- ting of the music and came up with a melody which was raped and sent to Mrs. DuVal some weeks ago for her approval. As a result the contract was signed for publication of The Centen- nial Hymn" by MI. Since that time the company has been working on orchestrations for the piece. A French writer has been as- signed the task of writing a French translation and a French edition will be published later in the year. Carl Tapscott, director of the Tapscott Singers, is writing the music for quartet singing and for collective choruses. Constable John Harkness, of the Guelph Police Department, received commendation from the department for the key role Car Wrecked On Saturday Lorne Dale of Seaforth re- ceived only minor cuts and bruises in a mishap last Satur- day evening which completely wrecked the 1965 Ford car he was driving. The Seaforth man was tra- velling south on County Road No. 12 between Brussels and Walton when the machine went out of control flipped over into the ditch and continued on to crash through two farm fences before coming to rest on its roof. Damage was estimated at between $2, 500 and $2, 800. The driver has been charg- ed with careless driving. Con- stable Murry Fridenburg of the Wingham OPP detachment in- vestigated. Move to Toronto Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hamilton and David moved to Toronto last week where Mr. Hamilton has accepted a position with Security and Investigation Ser- vices Ltd. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Kerr have purchased the Hamilton house on Summit Drive. he played in the apprehension last fall of three notorious dope addicts and burglars. The com- mendation was made on the recommendation of Chief Robt. McCarron and senior depart- ment members, Constable Harkness knew the men were dangerous, accord- ing to Chief McCarron, and by quick thinking manoeuvred them into a police trap. One of the men was subsequently sentenced to four years in peni- tentiary for possessing burglary tools, found hidden under the car which Constable Harkness had stopped for checking. The chief also remarked that the constable had proven his ability as a good officer on several other occasions. Chief McCarron told the commission that officers who commit infractions of duty are punished, and those who show promise should be rewarded, With the commendation, the first in at least 20 years and probably the first ever in Guelph, will go a bonus year towards getting stripe pay for which he will receive an ad- ditional $60.00 after five years' service. Constable Harkness, 20, has been with the force for two years. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Harkness of the Belmore district and a former student of Wingham District High School. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bennett of London were guests of honor for a birthday dinner at Dan- ny's Restaurant, Sunday noon. Mrs. Bennett's birthday is Jarm- o' ary 21 and Mr. Bennett's on January 29. Those who attended were Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Cook, Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Stonehouse, Mr. and Mrs. Telford Cook, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Rath, 4 Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Cook, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Coultes and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Dunbar, who were all friends and neigh- bors on the 6th of East Wawan- osh when the Bennetts lived there. Mr. and Mrs. Bennett lived in Wingham for a short time af- ter leaving E. Wawanosh and moved to London about 14 years ago. Their family decided to give them a day with old friends as a birthday present and arranged the surprise din- ner. The guests, greeted by Roy Bennett, were assembled be- fore the arrival of his parents. After dinner they went to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ben- nett where they reminisced and later enjoyed birthday cake and tea, served by Mrs. Bennett and Mrs. Freddie Templeman. 25th anniversary of the Branch on Monday night of this week, The installation of the 1966 slate of officers, with Harold Keil as president, was also held To Canvass onday For March of Dimes Keil, president; Jack Clarke, treasurer; front: Alex Gra- ham, secretary; Hector Hamilton, first vice-president; Orville Cameron, second vice-president; Tom Ritchie, sgt.- at-arms.—A-T Photo. Minor Hockey Week Detroit Hockey Teams Play InWingham Arena Saturday at the Legion Rooms of the Branch at Gorrie, Legion leaders were present from Durham, Tara, London, Port Elgin, Exeter, Seaforth, Mentie uVal's Text Used For Canada's Centennial