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standard 3, 85,000 to $7, 400
standard 4, U, 500 to $7,900„
All teachers at the school
are in either standard 1 or stand -,
and 2 categories, There is an
extra classroom allowance for
the principal and vice-princi-
pal. At the present there are
15 teachers and a principal.
Plans call for the hiring of one
extra teacher in the fall.
MORRIS-WAWANOSH
It is understood that the situ
ation in the Morris-East Wawan-
osh Public School area is simi-
lar to Wingham. The latest of-
fer by the board has been turn-
ed down. In the first two cate-
gories the offer was $4.000 to
$5,400 and $4,300 to $5,800
with the upper categories com-
parable to Wingham. The staff
have made demands similar to
those made at Wingham and
have refused to settle for less,
with the result that the Public
School Teachers' Federation is
being called in for further ne-
gotiations with the board.
Students mar
school lawn
Two Wingham area youths,
both students of Wingham Dist-
rict High School, will be charg-
ed by police following an inci-
dent at the school early Sunday
morning. The pair was seen by
police on the school lawn in an
automobile, causing consider-
able damage to the lawn.
On seeing the police cruiser,
the pair abandoned the car and
fled on foot. The police seized
the car and the following day
the occupants appeared at the
police station. Police Chief
Miller said charges will be laid.
Constable D. Foxton was the in-
vestigating officer.
Charges laid
in car thefts
Wingham police chief Jim
Miller told the Advance-Times
on Tuesday that two recent car
thefts in Wingham have been
solved with charges resulting in
both cases.
In March, a car owned by
Crawford Motors was stolen from
the area of the United Church
and recovered shortly after in
Stratford. Investigation led to
the apprehensin of two youths,
one from the Lucknow area and
the other from Stratford, who
were involved. Both were sen-
tenced to a year in the House of
Concord, a Salvation Army
youth home, near Toronto.
In the second theft, a car
owned by Gord Welwood of
Wingham was stolen on April 8
and recovered the following day
in Brampton. Two Lucknow
area youths have been charged.
FAMILY DINNER ON
20th ANNIVERSARY
BELGRAVE-Mr. and Mrs.
Stan Hopper of Belgrave were
pleasantly surprised when their
family honored them with a tur-
key dinner at Danny's Restaur-
ant on Sunday. The occasion
was their 20th wedding anniver-
sary. The table was centred
with a prettily decorated anni-
versary cake.
Other guests included Mr.
and Mrs. Lyle Hopper and Mr.
and Mrs. Morrison Sharpie.
DONNA CORRIN
IS MAY QUEEN
Miss Donna Corrin, daughter
of Dr. and Mrs. Mel Corrin of
Luoknow, was last week elected
May Queen at Alma College,
St. Thomas.
Miss Corrin was one of 39
students nominated and was
voted Queen by the student
body.
--Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Schnei-
der left Tuesday morning for
Detroit to attend the funeral of
her aunt, Mrs. Catherine Ax-
ford.
ATTEND SERVICE - The Centennial Cru-
sade drew a packed house at St. Andrew's
Presbyterian Church Sunday evening, Seat-
ed in the sanctuary were Mrs. A, Ferris,
Mayor and Mrs. DeWitt Miller, Miss Janie
Clarke of Toronto, and Wingham's centen-
nial queen, Mary Ahara.
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quest is planned. A postmor-
tem determined cause of death
to be multiple injuries but gave
no clue to the cause of the ac-
cident. Constable K. G. Wil-
son of the Wingham OPP investi-
gated. He said the car involv-
ed was a complete wreck.
Robert Henry Thompson, a
son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Samuel Thompson, was a native
of east Wawanosh where he spent
his entire life. In January 1911,
he married Ida May Martin, who
predeceased him in 1955, He
was also predeceased by a son
Floyd.
Mr. Thompson is survived by
a brother, Norman of Wingham
and a sister, Mrs. Herson (Ella)
Irwin, of Belgrave.
A farmer all his life, Mr.
Thompson served his commun-
ity well. In addition to his mu-
nicipal duties, he served as sec-
retary-treasurer of the Donny-
brook United Church for over
twenty years. He was a life-
long member of that church.
Funeral service from the S.J.
Walker funeral home was con-
ducted on Monday, April 17,
Clergyman was Rev, R. M. Ro-
berts of Auburn United Church.
Burial was in Wingham Ceme-
tery,
Pallbearers were nephews,
Hervey Thompson, John Lock-
hart, Sam Thompson, Ted
Thompson, EMI Irwin and Syd.
riey Thompson, Flowerbearers
were Calvin Robinson, Hilliard
Jefferson, Ernest Snowden acid
Clarence ChaMney,
Board, staff fail to agree Repod recreation
director returning
to Listowel post Salary negotiations with public school
teachers stalemated - Federation called in Despite reports on
television and in the daily pa-
pars, Wingham town officials
have no announcement regard-
ing the resignation of recreae
don director Ken Benjamin.
Town clerk Bill Renwick said no
official resignation has been re-
ceived by the town and similar
statements were made by Jack
Gorbutt, president of the Rec-
reation Committee and Bill
Conron, committee past presi-.
dent.
Reports on the week-end
stated that Mr. Benjamin had
been hired by the town of Lis-
towel as recreation director.
Ken came to Wingham about
four months ago but continued
to make his home in Listowel.
A meeting of the recreation
committee was scheduled for
Wednesday evening at which
time officials expect the resig-
nation to be submitted.
When The Advance-Times
attempted to reach Mr. Benja-
min by long distance telephone
on Wednesday he was not avail-
able fot comment.
Andrew's Church for the final event of the
community crusade.-A-T Photo.
Negotiations came to a stale- Negotiations have been go-
Mate when teachers at the ing on since earlier In the year
Wingham Public School refused when the teachers requested in-
a final board offer last week and creases averaging $000.00 in
stated that the Federation will excess of normal increments,
be called in, in an effort to ob- The salary schedule lists four
tain a settlement. categories or standards, which
Board Chairman William are determined by a teacher's
Harris said the board is of the qualification. The 1066-67
opinion that its final offer was schedule was as follows; Stand-
fair and in line with settle- ard 1, minimum $3. 500 to $5, -
ments of other Western Ontario
300; standard 2, $4, 000 to $5,
schools. 800; standard 3, $4, 500 to $0, -
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MR. AND MRS. HARVEY Aitchison and son
Ken are shown as they waited to enter St.
000; standard 4, $0, 001) to $7,
400,
The teachers have demand-,
ed the following: Standard 1,
$4, 400 to $6,200; standard 2,
$4,900 to $0,100; standard 3,
$5,400 to $7,800; standard 4,
$5,900 to $8,300 -
The hoard's second offer to
the teachers which was turned
down last week is as follows;
Standard 1, $4,000 to $5,000;
standard 2, $4, 500 to $6, 500;
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Elevator completion doubtful
Hospital opening postponed-
expect September ceremony
Bert Thompson served his
community for many years
Mutual Aid
Fire System
met in town
The directors of the Wing-
barn & District Hospital have
decided to postpone the date of
the official opening until Sep-
tember of this year. The decis-
ion was made at the April board
meeting on Friday evening, pre-
sided over by board chairman
R. B. Cousins. Arrangements
had been started for the official
opening ceremonies to be held
in June, but when it was learn-
ed that there was some doubt
about the completion of a re-
building job on one of the ele-
vators in the building the change
of timing appeared advisable.
Exact date in September willbe
determined later when speakers
for the ceremony have been
contacted.
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The official opening will
mark the completion of a build-
ing and renovating program
which has been in progress for
two years. A second storey has
been added to the wing at the
north end of the building. The
central area of the structure has
been completely renovated and
a section has been added to
accommodate operating and ob-
stetrical rooms, recovery rooms,
administrative quarters, etc.
The entire program approaches
the one million dollar mark.
Re-building of the original
elevator in the building, locat-
ed at what is now the south end
of the hospital (since the re-
moval of the original white
Separate School
hires teachers
All members of the Combin-
ed Roman Catholic Separate
School Board attended the meet-
ing on Wednesday evening of
last week when routine business
was conducted.
The board approved the
planting of two trees by the
students as a centennial project.
Several special meetings
have been held by the board
with the result that two new
teachers have been hired and
the school will now have four
teachers instead of three.
Mrs. Mary Armstrong will
leave at the end of the 1966-
67 term in June. Mrs. Mary O.
Malley as principal, and Mrs.
Mary Kinahan were rehired.The
new teachers will be Miss Diane
Pinner of Kitchener and James
Steffler of Wingham.
Discussion has also been held
on the building of an addition
to the school but it has been
decided to wait for another
year,
Firemen out
on two calls
Brakes on the back end of a
Campbell Transport truck from
Blyth took fire about 11.15 Sun-
day night as it was passing
through Wingham.
Doug Carr, a member of the
local fire department, noticed
the flames and stopped the driv-
er at the arena corner. The
fire brigade was summoned and
the flames extinguished.
The truck was travelling
from Blyth to Carleton with a
load of Howson & Howson flour.
The driver continued his jour-
ney after the fire was put out.
On Monday night the fire-
ment answered a call to the
home of George Carter on Scott
Street where a space heater had
become overheated. There was
no damage.
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brick wing) was decided on af-
ter the re-building program was
well under way, hence the de-
lay in completion of the work.
The delayed opening will per-
mit completion of the necessary
landscaping and repair of lawn
damaged in the building pro-
gram. The board also approv-
ed the erection of a 40-foot flag
pole near the ambulance ent-
rance at the south end of the
building.
BUSY MONTH
Mrs. I. E. Morrey, hospital
administrator, reported that
March had been a busy month.
There were 182 admissions, 18
births, 167 discharges, 8 deaths,
105 operations, 217 outpatients,
286 x-rays, 3 blood transfus-
ions, 4112 laboratory tests, 61
electrocardiographic examina-
tions, 55 at cancer clinic, 1
post mortem examination, 270
physiotherapy treatments. To-
tal patient days for the month
amounted to 2766 for a daily
occupancy average of 00.
The report of the treasurer
indicated that the expenditures
are running approximately $11,-
000 higher than the OHSC bud-
get. However, the budget has
not yet been finally approved
and it is expected that adjust-
ments will have to be made.
Mrs. Money stated that similar
budget difficulties are being ex-
perienced by many of the smal-
ler hospitals.
PROPERTY
Property committee chair-
man E. E. Walker presented a
list of the maintenance projects
which are to be dealt with by
the engineering staff. He also
said that concrete bumpers will
be placed in the parking lot in
an effort to prevent cars from
damaging the new fence. All
drivers will be required to park
their cars facing the fence, ra-
ther than backing into the park-
ing area as a further protection
for the fencing.
Government aid promised
for victims of tornado
Ontario's Minister of Agricul-
ture, William A. Stewart, on
Tuesday announced that the
provincial government will bol-
ster any locally-organized as-
sistance funds for the victims of
Monday's tornado. The prov-
ince will match, dollar-for-
dollar, whatever disaster funds
are raised in the local area.
In addition, the Ontario au-
thorities are asking the federal
government to enter the pic-
ture with financial assistance
for those who suffered tornado
losses.
The twister, which struck
Southern Ontario late Monday
afternoon, cut a path of des-
truction from Hensall in the
west, through Dublin and on to
the east, petering out in the
Kitchener-Guelph area. Doz-
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DISAPPEARING--
By Wednesday afternoon the
last remnants of the former
Holmdale Creamery building
were coming down. The struc-
ture, which stood for many
years on the southeast cornerof
Josephine and Victoria, was
purchased by the Red Front Gro-
cery and is being demolished to
make way for an extensive park-
ing lot.
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PRETTY SHARP--
After watching the arrivals at
the Crusade service in St. An-
drew's Presbyterian Church on
Sunday evening, we have tome
to the conclusion that some of
our gentlemen about-town were
born 75 years too late. Mayor
Miller and Percy Clark made
very handsome replicas oftheir
own grandfathers in their dress
of yesteryear. Ton bad we've
been forced to abandon those
tall silk hats. Now mind you,
their wives looked tight pretty
too, but of course they do in
modern attire as well,
P. F C. Brian Douglas who
has been stationed in Okinawa
with the United States Marines
since February, left Okinawa for
duty in the Philippine Islands
last Thursday. He is attached
to the 9th Marine Amphibious
Brigade.
Brian is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Vaughan Douglas of town.
Mr. Walker referred to a pre-
vious decision to install an ex-
haust fan in the laundry at a
cost of approximately $750.
The architects have since ad-
vised that better results might
be achieved by reversing the
present intake fans so that they
would act as exhaust fans. This
change could be effected for
about $150.
ens of homes and barns were
either flattened or badly dam-
aged by the roaring wind.
Near Dublin Joseph Donnel-
ly, 80, was working in the barn
with his son when the twister
struck and the building collaps-
ed. The older mar .as so ser-
iously injured that . died a few
hours later in a London hospital.
In some sections every taller
tree for miles was flattened.
Cars were picked up and thrown
hundreds of yards. Steel roof-
ing from barns and driving sheds
was wrapped around tree trunks.
Confusion and inconvenience
were further complicated by the
failure of electric power in the
entire Huron-Perth area, caus-
ed when the winds knocked out
several large power line towers.
The power failure extended as
far north as the Belgrave dist-
rict. In most sections power
was out until the following
morning and in Goderich there
was no electricity until noon
the next day. Schools through-
out the district had to remain
closed until power was restored.
On Tuesday farmers in the
damage zone were indignant
about the number of sightseers
whose cars were jamming the
sideroads. There was even some
fear of looting bur at last re-
ports no such cases had been
noted.
Robert H. "Bert" Thompson,
85-year-old Belgrave resident,
died about ten caicloek Friday
morning as a result of injuries
suffered in a single car crash
south of Belgrave on Thursday
night. He was alone in his car
when it left Highway 4 about
one-half mile south of Belgrave,
striking a tree.
Well known throughout the
area, Mr. Thompson had serv-
ed for twenty years as clerk of
East Wawanosh Township and
held that position at the time.of
his death. Previously he had
served as reeve and councillor
on township council. Funeral
services, held on Monday, were
attended in a body by the reeve,
councillors and officials of East
Wawanosh Township and repre-
sentatives of the Huron County
Council.
Mr. Thompson was driving
south on highway 4, about 7:45
p.m. Thursday, when the fatal
accident occurred. At the site
of the mishap, the highway is
level with the tree involved
situated about twenty feet off
the west side of the road. There
were no skid marks at the scene
and police from the Wingham
detachment of the Ontario Pro-
vincial Police were at a loss to
explain the cause of the acci-
dent.
Passing motorists called as-
sistance and an ambulance from
the Wingham and District Hos-
pital arrived shortly. Mr.
Thompson was taken to hospital
in Wingham, where he died the
following morning.
Dr. James C. McKim of
Lucknow, area coroner, said
Mr. Thompson died of head and
chest injuries. He said no in-
The Wingham firemen were
hosts to the Huron County Mut-
ual Aid Fire System on Monday
night. The president, Chief
Ford of Exeter, chaired the
meeting which was attended by
35 Huron County firemen. The
northern part of the county was
well represented but many of
the men from the southern part
were unable to attend because
of the power failure due to the
afternoon tornado in that area.
There was a discussion on
sending a busload to the Fire
College at Gravenhurst for
demonstrations of modern fire
fighting techniques.
The May meeting will be
held in Brucefield. There will
be a demonstration by Superior
Propane on the firing and ex-
tinguishing of a tank of propane.
Films will also be shown on
methods of extinguishing this
type of fire.
The members of the Wing-
ham brigade served lunch to the
visiting delegates.
Two-way radio
for local police
Equipment for the new two-
way radio to be installed in the
Wingham police cruiser has ar-
rived and will be operative in
the near future.
The dispatch station will be
located in the home of Lou Pal-
mer on Patrick Street. Mr. Pal-
mer will operate the unit as the
base station with the mobile
unit in the police cruiser.
The new equipment, long
needed by the local police, will
increase the efficiency and
speed of police operations.
Capacity crowd at St. Andrew's for final service of community crusade
A fitting conclusion to a very
successful Centennial Commun-
ity Crusade was witnessed on
Sunday night when St. Andrew's
Presbyterian Church was filled
beyond expectation with people
travelling from as far away as
Guelph to be part of this great
service. Many reflections on
the past were presented and
among those who dressed in
gowns and frock coats of early
times were the mayor and his
wife, Mr, and Mrs. DeWittMil,
ler who arrived at the church in
a horse drawn surrey driven by
Percy Clark, resident of Wing4
ham, accompanied by Mrs.
Clark,
The mayor was followed by
the Centennial Queen, Miss
Mary Ahara driven in a vintage
model car by Len Crawford. One
of the many who wore the dress
of the 1861 period was Gordon
Buchanan who was asked to eX.
plain its origin and also Mrs.
OliVe Boss wearing a shawl of
over 100 years of age.
Captain A. Ferris of Wing,
ham led the community service
and Rev. Gordon Fish, host
Minister, opened the service in
prayer. This was followed by
which presented a real chal-
lenge to better living for God
and the church and the com-
munity,
This was a fitting climax to
a wonderful week of varied
events such as the "Over 60"
meeting on the Thursday after-
noon, At that meeting a relax-
ed time of good fellowship was
enjoyed with a musical trave,..
logue of Canada presented, fel.
lowed by community singing
and refreshments. There was
something a little different on
Friday night when a western
touch was added. The plat.
form took on the appearance of
a ranch and the Clarkes appear-
ed in western attire singing the
western style gospel songs. A
special feature of the crusade
was the Gospel Hootenanny held
in the Wingham United Church
On Saturday night when another
capacity crowd enjoyed combos
from Welland, Simcoe, Galt
and Guelph along with Karen
and Sandy Bender from Durham,
Capt. A. Ferris of the local
Salvation Army Corps said, "A
real spirit of enthusiasm was
felt in this rally.
the singing of the community
crusade choir under the leader-
ship of T, Bell. Mayor DeWitt
Miller gave the Scripture read-
ing from Isaiah, chapter 40,
Robert Rawl, a Salvationist
from Brantford, was guest solo-
ist and sang "In Times Like
These", The Clarke family
contributed musically with their
presentation of "The Old Court,
try Church".
The congregational singing
WAS like that of a mighty choir
and a teal Spirit of oneness was
felt as the .Major gave a riles,
sage from the Word of God