HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1966-09-01, Page 1THESE BOYS HAD a few anxious moments when Robbie
Schyff, R. R. 4 Atwood, dropped his rod in the river be-
low the dam at Wroxeter. Holding the abutment, Ken
Lockwood, Wroxeter, retrieves the rod as Glen Adams,
centre, also of Wroxeter, watches. The boys were work-
ing for bass which frequent the pool below the dam—A-T.
George Galbraith's Horses
Take Top Exhibition Awards
ALONG THE MAIN DRAG
By The Pede...trhin
Rev. and Mrs.. G. A. Mitchell
Celebrate 50th Anniversary
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Wingham, Ontario, Thursday, Sept. 1, 1966
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George Galbraith of Wing-
ham had a string of seven hor-
ses to the Canadian National
Exhibition and came home with
five major awards and a total
of two medals and 14 ribbons,
his best showing to date.
His horses won the champ-
ion and grand champion senior
stallion classifications and two
reserve championships in the
same class, plus a silver medal.
The grand champion was "Ex-
cel Knight" and the reserve
champion was "Moray", a for-
mer champion,
"Sally Galbraith" shown by
JUST TESTING?--
There weren't too many peo-
ple on the street Friday morn-
ing when the burglar alarm
went off at Hafermehl's Jewel-
lry so there was no panic. Ap-
parently Al absent-mindedly set
the thing off himself when he
was opening up while exchang-
ing morning pleasantries with
his neighbor, Jim Deneau.Well,
at least we know now that the
alarm is in excellent working
condition.
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IT DOESN'T TAKE LONG--
The railway strike has taken
its first bite out of The Ad-
vance-Times. All papers mail-
ed to destinations outside On-
tario have to be covered by first
class postage, 110 for each pa-
per. Perhaps the R. R. workers
will refund our losses after they
get their 30% pay hike.
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AIN'T IT GRAND?--
All those folks whb have
complained about cold sum-
mers in by-gone years should be
happy this year. There has
beet: more hot weather during
the past three months than we
have enjoyed for a long, long
time. In fact, the cool days of
fall will be quite welcome.
George's son Mac, won the
first prize in the two-year-old
futurity standard bred class.
Another animal won third in
the same class.
George and his family, Jack,
Sally and Mac, also showed a
string of five horses and captur-
ed first prize in the class to win
a gold medal.
The remainder of the 14
ribbons by the Galbraith entries
were won in various other sec-
tions for good placing in the
mare and colt sections.
In previous years Galbraith
horses have won the reserve
championship at the Exhibition
and the grand championship at
the Royal Winter Fair
The Galbraith entries were
all in the breeding line class
and the animals were on show
all last week.
Purse Washed
Ashore, Returned
GORRIE—Mrs. Glad Edgar
was pleasantly surprised to re-
ceive a beige leather purse by
mail, which she lost in a boat-
ing accident at Pointe au Baril
in June, 1965, when a small
motorboat upset in the channel
about a quarter of a mile from
the town.
Two young girls, Dana
Strong, 7 years, of Erie, Pa.
and Roberta Lerch, 51, of
Mount Vernon, Ohio, found the
bag washed up on the beach and
turned it in at the desk where
they were holidaying. It was
sent on to Mrs. Edgar from
there.
The wallet, scissors, sun
glasses, earrings and birth cer-
tificate in the bag were all in
good condition.
A $20.00 bill in the wallet
was clear but the five and one
dollar bills were very black, but
redeemable.
Second Game Tonight
Win Opener in
Semi-Final Series
The Wingham Squirts open-
ed their W.O.A. A. semi-final,
best-of-five series with Brussels
on Tuesday night in that village,
winning by a score of 19-1.
Top hitter for Wingham was
Bruce Skinn with 5 hits, follow-
ed by Jeff Lockridge with four--
a homer, 2 triples and a single.
Tom Lee pitched a fine
game allowing only 3 hits and
striking out 16.
R H E
Wingham 318 051 1 19 18 1
Brussels 000 000 1 1 3 4
Wingham, Lee and Lock-
ridge. Brussels, Wheeler and
Exel.
A letter to this paper last
week from a number of resi-
dents in the Boland Street re-
gion typified the problem aris-
ing out of the proposed sub-sta-
tion to be built in that area.
Some time ago the Public
Utilities Commission announc-
ed that a new station would be
built between Boland Street and
the CNR tracks, just to the
south of a northerly extension
of Carling Terrace.
The proposal was met with a
number of objections from
property owners in close prox-
imity to the two lots which
were purchased by the PUC.
The latter organization has ex-
plained that the station is
necessary to serve the heavy-
load customers on the eastern
side of the community which
include the two schools, the
hospital and CKNX.
The objections to the sta-
tion are based on several points:
that it will decrease property
values, will present a hazard to
children and will create unwel-
come noise.
This week, in talking to
PUC officials, they pointed out
that in order to co-operate with
the residents of the Boland St.
area, the Commission has
agreed to move the fence line
another six feet north, which
will give 18 feet between their
fence and the property lines.
This 18-foot area, it has been
stated, will be used to create
a green-belt between the pro-
perties and the sub-station.
Chairman Pattison, of the
P. U.C., said that from a safe-
ty aspect the station will not
present any undue hazard. The
Slow hut certain paralysis of
Canadian industry and business
began to set in early this week
in the wake of the nation-wide
strike of railway employees who
left their jobs on Friday at
noon. Several major industries
have already announced lay-
offs because of a lack of raw
material.
Parliament was convened on
Monday to deal with the strike
situation and by Tuesday eve-
ning the first reading of a bill
had been completed and had
drawn heated comment from
not only the union spokesmen
but the officials of the two ma-
jor railway companies and lead•
ers of opposition parties in the
Commons.
The bill would provide a
Huron County's Emergency
Measures Organization, which
has been in Operation for the
past five or six years, will be
sharply curtailed as a result of
a decision at a special meeting
of the County Council on Tues-
day evening. EMO Co-ordina-
tor, W. Stuart Forbes, who has
'held the post for the past three
years, has been relieved of his
duties. County Clerk-Treasur-
er John G. Berry, will assume
direction of the curtailed oper-
wage increase of 4% retroactive
to January 1st, and an addi-
tional 4% retroactive to Julylst.
Second reading and a clause-
by-clause debate was slated for
opening on Wednesday.
Spokesmen for the unions
have already stated that they
will not settle for the govern-
ment's proposed terms of agree-
tnent. Some have openly stat-
ed that ever] though the bill is
enacted and becomes law they
will not return to work, thus
raising the spectre of civil dis-
obedience.
The presidents of Canadian
National and Canadian Pacific
have both protested that the
bill does not outline in any way
the methods by which the rail-
way companies will be permit-
ation at a salary of $50.00 per
month.
The council's action came
after hearing a report from the
EMO committee read by Dep-
uty Reeve George Wonch of
Clinton. The report recom-
mended that the alteration in
the EMO plan be retroactive to
August 5th, although the sal-
aries of Mr. Forbes and his as-
sistant will be paid until Sep-
tember 30th.
Mr. Berry was instructed to
Hope for January
School Opening
William Harris, chairman
of the Wingham Public School
Board, said that the boardhopes
the new wing on the school will
be ready for occupancy by ear-
ly January.
However, Roy Bennett,
building committee chairman,
pointed out that the building
schedule can alter on short no-
tice. He said that as an exam-
ple, the brickrnakers suddenly
went on strike at a time when
another 20, 000 bricks are need-
ed for the new building. He al-
so said the rail strike will have
Gathering Facts
On Swim Pool
Roger West, chairman of the
swimming pool committee,
said this week that summer
holidays have somewhat slowed
up planning for the proposed
pool in Wingham. However, he
stressed that the subject has
most certainly not been set
aside and that several aspects
of the proposed pool are cur-
rently under investigation.
Mr. West said that he hoped
another public meeting could
he arranged by the middle of
September, at which time a
considerable amount of infor-
mation will be available for
presentation to the public.
LONDON SPEAKER
Dr. Wm. R. Foster, aca-
demic dean and acting presi-
dent of London College of Bi-
ble Missions will be the speak-
er at Wingham Baptist Church
on Sunday.
Services will be held morn-
ing and evening.
ted to increase their revenues
and thus provide the funds to
meet the wage increases. The
present proposals of the bill
would cost the railways about
$50 million a year.
Despite the fact that the
strike will cost Canadians un-
told millions every day, there
is every possibility that the
work stoppage will be continu-
ed for some time, exactly how
long no one knows.
—Mr. and Mrs. Elwell Web-
ster spent the week-end in Ag-
incourt with his sister, Mr. and
Mrs. Wilfred Money and played
in the McDonald trophy mixed
doubles.
prepare an Emergency Measures
Plan which would meet the re-
quirements of the provincial
authorities under the Emergen-
cy Measures Act.
Mr. Wonch stated to coun-
cil that the alternative to op-
erating the plan on a curtailed
basis would be to cease all op-
erations, in which case the
county would face the neces-
sity of returning $6, 000 which
has already been spent on EMO
activities, provided by the fed-
an affect on the construction
program if it continues for very
long.
Commenting on the discol-
oration of some of the brick,
Mr. Bennett said this problem
is under study by the architects
and if the bricks do not dry out
properly some sections will be
replaced. At the present time
one section of the brick in the
front wall of the school is con-
siderably lighter than the rest,
which to say the least, does
not enhance the appearance of
the new building.
Rev, and Mrs. G. A. Mit-
chell of Bluevale marked their
50th wedding anniversary on
Tuesday with receptions in their
home in the afternoon and eve-
ning. Their home was beauti-
fully decorated for the occasion
with roses and gladiolas. The
table was centred with a tiered
wedding cake.
The couple was married
September 16, 1916 at First
Methodist Church, St. Thomas.
The late Rev, Robert Harvey
was the officiating clergyman.
Prior to her marriage, Mrs.
Mitchell was head kindergarten
teacher in St. Thomas and a
daughter of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Wright. At the time
of her marriage, her father was
mayor of St. Thomas and ac-
tive in many other branches of
politics, church and Masonic
interests.
Mr. Mitchell, a graduate of
Queen's University, Kingston,
was ordained into the Presbyter-
ian ministry in May 1916. Pre-
vious to that he taught school,
beginning in Glammis in 1905.
eral and provincial govern-
ments.
Lack of co-ordination be-
tween the Huron body and the
provincial officials of EMO was
cited as a possible reason for
failure of the plan.
The Goderich EMO office
requested Wingham town coun-
cil for permission to hold an
exercise here some months ago,
but action by the local council
was shelved when it was learn-
ed that extensive changes in
EMO direction and planning
were imminent.
HOLIDAY SERVICE
AT POST OFFICE
Service will be curtailed at
the Wingham post office on
Monday as follows:
No wicket service. Lock box
lobby will be open from 5 p.m.
to '7 p.m. Rural routes will not
operate. Street letter box col-
lection at 5:30 p.m.
There will be no mails ar-
riving at Wingham on the holi-
day but a despatch of mail will
be made at '7:00 p.m.
Immediately following mar-
riage the couple served six years
at Rothsay, then Mr. Mitchell
accepted a charge at Avondale
Presbyterian Church, Tillson-
burg, serving through the years
of church union. In 1927 he
was minister at Dutton.
Other charges included Lea-
mington, Windsor, Sarnia,
Woodstock. lie retired from
the charge at Arva in 1958. The
couple then went to Appen,
coming to Bluevale about 1960.
He presently serves the White-
church and Bluevale churches.
They have one son, Fred-
erick, of Truro, N.S. , and six
grandchildren.
The ladies of Whitechurch
catered for the open house on
Tuesday afternoon and the la-
dies of Bluevale catered in the
evening.
Many beautiful gifts and
floral offerings, telegrams and
telephone calls were received.
Mr. Mitchell advises he and
his wife will move to Truro
next June where they intend to
enjoy full retirement.
Clerk to Become Co-ordinator
Huron's EMO Structure Curtailed
By Decision of County councillors
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Sub-station Site Causing
Concern to Property Owners
area will be fenced with a
high chain-link fence, similar
to the old station which is situ-
ated next to the swimming
pool. He also said that the
Commission has spent an extra
$1, 000 in order to acquire a
"low-hum" transformer in order
that the noise will be at a mini-
mum. Chairman Pattison
pointed out that drainage in the
area has been improved and
there will be 28 feet of grass
between the Carling Terrace
entrance to the property and the
street.
In referring to the letter in
last week's issue, the chairman
stated the superintendent had
been quoted out of context. Mr.
Pattison said that the remark,
"I couldn't care less", which
had been attributed to Mr.
Shera in regard to the proxim-
ity of the station to the proper-
ties in question, was actually
made when one of the property
owners stated that the problems
faced by the owners would be
put on the Canadian Press wire
service, and that it was in re-
gard to this statement that Mr.
Shera had made his comment.
Just when construction of the
station will begin is not known
but there has been some sug-
gestion that nothing will happen
until engineers from Ontario
Hydro review the plans. The
PUC has brought in some fillto
the area and the extension of
Carling Terrace has been com-
pleted.
As far as can be ascertained,
it appears that plans call for
the equipment to be erected on
the south side of the property
with the north side to be used
for material storage.
Parliament Debates Bill
Railway Strike Threatens to
Strangle Canadian Economy