The Wingham Advance-Times, 1966-12-08, Page 135 YEARS' SERVICE to Morris Township
as municipal treasurer was recognized by
council on Monday when Nelson Higgins
was presented with an electric blanket,
marking his retirement from the post. The
presentation was made by Councillor Bill
Elston following a turkey dinner at the
home of Reeve and Mrs. Stewart Procter.
Mrs. Higgins looks on.
—Advance-Times Photo.
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f°rnierstililedENCE WINS TOWN VOTES
01
THE WINGHAM CORPS Salvation Army
launched Christmas Cheer and Winter Wel-
fare Week last Friday when the plastic
bubble went up on the main street. Wm.
Rawn is seen as Mrs. Vernon Reid made
the first donation. Capt. A. Ferris is on
the right.
—Advance-Times Photo.
THE VOTE BY POLLS
FOR COUNCIL
Poll No, 1. 2 3 4 5 Total
W. G. Cruickshank— „8$ 185 146 211 81 111
Mrs. Margaret Bennett.,87 103 128 199 7'7 654
Jack Bateson '74 161 118 180 67 600
Harold Wild 79 149 115 161 57 661
Alan Williams , , . „57 131 109 166 46 509
William Walden.. . , 52 122 96 155 65 490
Ted Moszkowski„ „, 43 103 83 87 55 871
David Burgess 30 40 45 59 31 205
FOR P,U.C.
John Pattison '75 131 122 133 47 508
W. W. Gurney ...... 74 99 70 86 37 366
Calvin Burke 24 '76 31 85 41 257
W. B. Conron , 19 43 42 46 17 167
Richard ..... 6 38 31 56 23 154
Don Robertson 9 22 23 63 12 129
FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD
Scott Reid 70 164 131 174 64 603
Roy Bennett 70 160 125 1'78 64 597
John Currie 84 159 3.24 1'70 60 597
Lorne McDonald , 67 144 129 171 62 573
William R. Harris 5'7 155 107 159 70 548
David Murray 80 13'7 118 150 61 546
Murray Gerrie 80 145 10'7 149 62 543
Perrie Holmes 41 10'7 74 131 43 396
Mrs. Margaret Henderson.26 81 61 87 28 283
Mrs. Adelaide Ahara 28 59 51 83. 18 23'7
Dr. R. B. Palmer
completes course
Dr. R. Bruce Palmer, of
London, who practised in Wrox-
eter and Wingham a few years
ago, has completed 34e years of
study and received certifica-
tion in the specialty of psy-
chiatry.
Dr. Palmer was successful in
the examinations conducted by
the Royal College of Physicians
and Surgeons in Montreal.
DR. G. T. SUTER ON
RESEARCH
ENGAGEMENT
Gary T. Suter, son of Mrs.
Elizabeth Suter who is a teach-
er at Wingham District High
School, recently completed
his Ph. D. in civil engineering
at the University of Toronto.
On a NRC postdoctoral fel-
lowship he and his wife, the
former Ruth Treleaven of Luck-
now, left on December 1 for a
research engagement at the
Otto Graf Institute in Germany.
Upon his return to Canada in
the fall of 1967, Dr. Suter will
join the engineering faculty at
Carlton University.
OPP report no
injuries, heavy
property damage
During the week, officersof
the Wingham detachment O.P.P.
investigated eight motor vehi-
cle accidents, There were no
injuries as a result of these ac-
cidents and no charges laid.
Approximate total of property
damage was estimated at $4, -
250.00.
During the week, only one
charge was laid under the High-
way Traffic Act.
Criminal Code investiga-
tions included one break and
enter, one theft and six other
criminal investigations.
With the festive season fast
approaching, persons operating
motor vehicles are once again
reminded "If you drink, don't
drive; if you drive, don't drink':
Persons who operate motor
vehicles and are involved in an
accident are checked by police
and if it is found that their abil.
ity is impaired by alcohol, will
be arrested. It is necessary to
effect arrests in these eases for
the protection of other persons
using the highway and also for
the person directly involved.
announcement was made last
week.
The Kerr bid was the lowest
of five tenders received by Ash..
field Township officials.
The 1F-mile road is the
boundary between Ashfield and
Huron townships. The Ontario
government will pay the entire
cost.
I Council presents . . .
Nelson Higgins served Morris 35 years
Nelson Higgins of Belgrave
was guest of honor on Monday
evening when Morris Township
Council marked his retirement
as municipal treasurer after 35
years of service. Reeve and
Mrs. Stewart Procter were hosts
for the dinner which was attend-
ed by members of council and
township officials.
During the evening Mr.elig-
Wingham resident
wins $25 prize
Mrs. George Skinn of Wing-
ham was the winner of the $25
prize in this week's Santa's Lucky
Bucks draw on Monday.
Winners of $10 prizes were
Mrs. John Wheeler of R, R. 5
Brussels; Mrs. M. Jenkins of
R.R. 4 Wingham; Gordon Wal-
ker of Wingham; J. M. Reid of
Teeswater; and Mrs. Ross Nic-
holson of 13luevale.
Two more draws for the
same amounts will be tnade on,
December 12 and 19 with the
big final draw for one $50 prize
and four $25 prizes being made
on Christmas Eve.
Remember you can partici-
pate in the Santa's Lucky Bucks
draw simply' by shopping in the
Wingham stores displaying the
Lucky Bucks banners.
—GA
ALONG THE MAIN DRAG
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DON'T LOSE YOUR PAPER--
Watch those youngsters --
don't let them get away with
this copy of the good old A-T.
You will need it tonight to
make up your bids in the Kins-
men Radio Auction. You will
find the full listing of articles
for sale in this copy of your pa-
per.
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WATCH FOR TRAFFIC--
Better warn the young hoc-
key stars in your family about
slippery driving conditions. Saw
a very close call the other day
when a car all but skidded into
the middle of a scrub hockey
game on the centre of one of
our streets. Most drivers are
pretty cautious during the win-
ter months, but at times icy
roadways will beat the best of
brakes.
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IT COMES--AND IT GOES--
The snow which piled up so
fast last week was pretty well
conquered by heavy rains on
Tuesday and Wednesday of this
week. We've heard all sorts of
predictions about this winter.
Some say it will be the heaviest
in years, others that we won't
have any snow to speak of at
all. Guess well have to wait
and see.
GORRIE WINS--
In an exhibition hockey
game on Monday night Gorrie
emerged on the long end of an
11,4 count over the Clifford
team,
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NEW LINEMEN--
Brian C. Klages of Hanover
and Paul R. Hamilton of Lucke
now stetted work as linemen
learners with the WU:gilt:el area
Ontario Hydro on Monday,
gins was presented with an elec-
tric blanket by Councillor Wil-
liam Elston. A brief address
was read by Councillor Walter
Shortreed, which in part stated
that the presentation was "A
remembrance of all the hard
work you have done for the
township over the past 35 years':
Mr. Higgins has vivid recol-
lections of the long span of ser-
vice to his municipality. He
recalled that when he took of-
fice Statutory Labor was still in
force, which meant that each
landowner was required to con-
tribute a stipulated number of
days each year for road work.
At the same time a good deal
of gravel was still being hauled
for road work by horse and wa-
gon.
Mr. Higgins said he has
worked with three clerks, Alex
McEwan, George Martin and
The Wingham Centennial
Midget Team reached the end
of its schedule last Saturday in
Riverside, a suburb of Windsor.
The boys boarded a bus in
Wingham at 5;00 a.m. for the
long haul down for an eleven
o'clock game. The effects of
the long bus-ride were evident,
for the game was lost in the
first period.
Riverside struck early and
fast and by the end of the sec-
ond period, led 5-1. Each team
scored twice in the third period
and the final score was River-
side 7, Wingham 3.
Wingham entered the two-
game, total goals series with
high hopes and took a 4-2 de-
cision in the first game in Har-
riston.
Terry Newman (Ilarriston),
Monty Templeman (Wingham),
and Flank Scott (Seaforth) scor-
ed for Wingham, in Riverside.
It's dangerous to pick out one
player from a team but special
mention has to be made of the
excellent goal-tending Wing-
ham received from Jimmy
Flouze of Mitchell.
To all the members of the
team, congratulations on a
good showing. And special
thanks to the parents who drove
the out-of-town players many,
many times and would not ac-
cept one cent in mileage.
When next Canada marks
Elections were held in sev-
eral neighbouring municipali-
ties on Saturday and Monday,
with the following results.
EAST WAWANOSII
Roy Pattison was elected to
the reeveship of East Wawan-
osh Township by a narrow 5e
vote majority ovet Mason Robe
inson, Pattison polled 174 and
Robinson 169,
Elected to council in the
same township were Norman
Coultes, 260; James Walsh,
262; Gerald McDowell, 243;
and Simon liallahan, 184, De-
feated was William Cow. 164.
For school trustees, elected
the current clerk, Mrs. Martin,
as well as having served under
six reeves. He remarked that
the present reeve, Stewart Proc-
ter, was a pupil at the Stone
School when Mr. Higgins
taught at the institution for four
years. All told, he spent 10
years in tile teaching profession.
When Mr. Higgins took on the
job of treasurer the well-known
former Member of Parliament
Elston Cardiff, took office for
the first time as reeve of the
township.
On financial affairs, the
township treasurer said the town-
ship budget which now sirs at
$140, 000 is probably up by four
or five times from his first year
of service. He said that the
average taxes on a 100-acre
farm 35-years ago would have
been about $40.00 and today
they are nearly $300.00.
were James R, Coultes, 264
and John Currie, 166. Defeat-
ed, Howard Walker, 162 and
Mason Bailey, 143,
110WICK TWP.
An acclamation filled the
reeve's chair in Howick. elect
ing Harold Robinson, but other
offices were filled by ballot on
Monday, It was a close con-
test, so close, in fact, that the
returning officer's vote was tee
(wired to break a tie between
two candidates for council,
Melville Allan won the de-
puty reeveship with 421 votes,
defeating Harvey McMichael*
333.
Elections in the town of
Wingham stirred up only mod-
erate interest on the part of the
voters, 52% of whom cast their
ballots on Monday.
The trend in the voting was
to return former office holders.
On Thursday evening, the
members of the United Church
choir met in the Sunday School
room of the church for their an-
nual social evening and ban-
quet. This year's get-together
was special in that two long-
standing members were present-
ed with farewell gifts.
Norman Keating thanked
Frank Howson for his long years
of faithful service as a choir
member and expressed the
group's regret that his health no
longer permits him to partici-
pate actively. In reply Mr.
Howson stated that he started
as a choir member in 1907. A
gift was presented by Miss
Murray who also expressed the
choir's appreciation for such an
outstanding record of service.
Also feted at the banquet
was Mrs. W. W. Currie who
will be leaving in the new year
to live in Hensall. Mrs. Currie
has served with distinction for
several years both as a choir
member and assistant director
of music. Mrs. Emerson Shera
thanked her for her services
and wished her the best for the
Vesper service
to be held in
St. Andrew's
This week over 60 girls of
the Wingham C.G.I.T, are
making plans for their Christ-
rnas Vesper Service. A member
o f the National C.G.I. T. Com-
mittee gave an introduction to
this year's service: Candlelight
and shining faces -- sparkling
white middies and neat dark
skirts -- solemn young voices
and familiar carols --
These are the things that
have marked the Christmas sea-
son across Canada for twenty-
five years as Canadian Girls In
Training hold their annual ves-
per service. For many congre-
gations, this is one of the high-
lights of the Christmas season
as they are invited to join with
the girls in hearing the wonder-
ful old, yet ever new story and
singing the well-beloved carols
and hymns.
The service for 1966 has
been especially written to mark
Canada's Centennial. It has a
Canadian theme and a dramat-
ic form which will make it a
particularly rewarding part of
this year's Christmas festivities,
For the first time in many
years the service will be held
in St. Andrew's Presbyterian
Church. Because Wingham's
C„G.I.T. is interdenomina-
tional the group is the largest in
this area and the public is cord-
ially invited to join the service.
It will be held at 7 o'clock,
Sunday, Dec. 11.
All former town councillors
were returned, with the addi-
tion of Bill Walden, elected to
fill the vacancy created by the
retirement of Warren Callan.
G. W. "Bud" Cruickshank
headed the poll with a total of
future. Mrs. A. Lunn present-
ed the gift.
After retiring to the choir
loft for practice, the organist,
Miss Iva Mai Smith, was pre-
sented with her gift by H. Sin-
namon who thanked her for her
patient service as organist and
director of music.
The choir was pleased to
welcome a new member, Mrs.
G. W. Beard.
The Morris Township Feder-
ation of Agriculture at Belgrave
last week heard the well-known
author, Harry J. Boyle, recall
many humorous anecdotes of
days gone by. Mr. Boyle was
guest speaker at the Federa-
tion's annual meeting held in
the Foresters' Hall Friday eve-
ning. He addressed a packed
house, and was introduced by
Tom Henderson, a former
schoolm ate.
In his remarks the speaker
said he could not get away with
much at Belgrave for he was
too well known, having been
born at St. Augustine and at-
tended the Wingham high
school. He recalled a number
of happenings during his youth,
saying that as a boy Wingham
and Goderich seemed to be real
cities and London was so huge
it was beyond imagination. A
familiar sight at the creamery
was Art Wilson with his pipe,
and Wally Miller with an old
truck. The speaker could re-
member when you could buy a
nickle pack of cigarettes. He
H, J. Stretton 103.
Council, (four elected);
Lawrie Cousins 316; Jack Mce
Cutcheon '282; H. 1. Ten Pas
268; Ivan Campbell 252; Ted
Elliott 193.
KINLOSS
Reeve: William Evans 223;
Wallace Conn 187.
Public School Board, (two
elected); Russell Ross .190; Wal-
ter Breckles 170; Evan Keith
118; Ronald Thacker 155,
CARRICK
Reeve; Wallace Wilson 474;
Rudolph Siegner 338,
Council, (four electe07
also recalled John Pattison's in-
itiation at high school when a
dish of worms turned out to be
cold macaroni after the blind-
fold was removed. He asked if
many remembered old Ned,
who racked up balls in Hasele
grove's poolroom and wore a
Confederation hat.
Mr. Boyle brought chuckles
when he told a yarn about the
rime, as a boy of 11, he wrote
an essay on "The value to me
as a railroad man, of my Car-
hart overalls" -- and won six
pairs of overalls from the com-
pany, which were size 46. He
told of his experiences as a cor-
respondent when he was a lad
and sent stories about St. Au-
gustine to the Goderich Signal.
Mr. Boyle said he was proud
to be able to call Huron County
home and was of the opinion
that being able to know where
you come from, and be proud
of it, gives a man an identity
that is never lost. He express-
ed the view that to be born and
raised in a rural community
provides a background for life
Clarence Metcalfe 687; Wil-
liam Kueneman 586; Herbert
Waechter 504; Milton Filsinger
446; Nicholas Lang 410,
Public School Board,(three
elected): Lorne Klein 27'7;
George Nickel 241; Reuben Ale
lensen 222; George Seip 126,
CLIFFORD
Reeve: Clarence Smith, 168;
Arnold Darroch 130.
Council, (four elected);
Murray Snider 175; Dr. R. 3.
Creighton 168; Henry Artioneit
147; Maurice Murray 139; Les-
lie Armstrong 137; Cecil. Ellis
122; Clarence Rieman 117.
that is much superior to that of
having been raised in the city.
He felt that the isolation of
farmers of days gone by is now
reduced, but the dependency of
the farmer on the land creates
a cruicible of living for a good
life and growing up in the
country is a wonderful thing.
Mr. Boyle broadened his re-
marks by referring to his doz-
ens of trips across Canada in
which he gained the impression
that Canada is a great country
because of its people. He
claimed those who have the
ability to write have an obliga-
tion and a responsibility to write
about their environment. The
speaker suggested that while
Canadian weather may be harsh
at times, he had found living
in Mexico to be a complete
bore as far as weather was con-
cerned. He could nor write
properly because of this fact,
although sunny skies and warm
weather seemed like heaven at
first.
The audience enjoyed Mr.
Boyle's recollections of his ear-
ly days in broadcasting when he
worked for "Doc" Cruickshank
for $2.50 a week and looked
after a wireless news service.
He spoke of his writings and
said he had often been asked
which of his stories was his fav-
orite. He said his yarn about
the old parlor stove fell into
this category, and read the
chapter from "Mostly In Cloy,
er".
Harold Kerr
Construction
gets rood job
711. votes, followed by Mrs.
Margaret Bennett with 654. De-
feated were Ted Moszkowski
and David Burgess.
SCHOOL BOARD
Of the ten candidates for
public school board, the eight
elected were all members of
the previous board. Defeated
were two ladies, seeking of-
fice for the first time, Mrs.
Margaret Henderson and Mrs.
Adelaide Ahara.
John Pattison and W. W.
Gurney were elected to Public
Utilities Commission. Mr. Pat-
tison has been serving on the
commission, latterly as chair-
man, and Mr. Gurney served as
a commissioner a few years ago,
Defeated were Cal Burke,
W. B. Conron, Richard LeVan
and Don Robertson,
The offices of mayor, reeve
and deputy reeve were filled by
acclamation, going to DeWitt
Miller, Joe Kerr and Jack Alex-
ander respectively.
Centennial midget team
defeated at Riverside
another 100 years we can only
hope the great-great-grandsons
of this year's team will play
equally well and receive the
same measure of support local-
ly.
Lineup for Wingham is as
follows: Tom Cuyler, Kincar-
dine; Al Young, Walkerton,
Hank Scott, Seaforth; Rick and
Randy Heinbuck, Mitchell; Jim
Houze, Mitchell; Terry New-
man, Harriston; Al Nixon, Dur-
ham; Monty Templeman, Joey
Kerr, Ken Taylor, Tommy Ir-
win, Paul Templeman, Robert
Armstrong, Bill Skinn, all of
Wingham.
Benefit dance
well attended
WROXETER--A large crowd
attended the benefit dance in
Wroxeter Community Hall on
Friday evening for Mr. and Mrs.
Chas. Moore and family who
were recently burned out. Robt.
Brown Jr. read the address and
Mrs. Gordon Ilislop presented
them with a substantial amount
of money.
It is very gratifying to see
the excellent response with
which people met this crisis. A
kitchen shower was held on Wed.
nesday evening which was also
well attended.
For council; John Ferguson,
465; Ftank King, 381; Mal-
colm Newton, 336, Defeated,
Wray Cooper, 335; 5. H. Strong
217.
MORRIS TRUSTEES
In Morris Township Satur-
day's election was for school
board only, all other Seats hav-
ing been filled by acclamation.
Winning the two seats on
school board were Carl Cowing,
139; Bert Elliott 91, Defeatedi
Boyd Taylor, 58; Carman
Haines, 84.
BRUSSELS
Reeve: J. C, Ktaeter 233;
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Choir honors F. Howson,
a member for 59 years
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Election results in neighboring municipalities
Federation annual
Harry J. Boyle recalls earlier times
Contract for an Amberleye
to-LakeeHuron development
toad has been awarded to Har-
old Kerr Construction Co. of
Wingham for $1/8 , 438. The