HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1967-10-05, Page 10SPEAKER AT THE Wingham Business As-
sociation dinner last Thursday night was
"Mac" MacKenzie of the Kincardine
Chamber of Commerce. With him are
President Jack Hayes and Cpl. Roe Croskill
of the Wingham Detachment, O,P,P,, who
was also a guest.
—Advance-Times Photo.
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Queen's York Rangers to hold
dinner, once Roger's Rangers
PAST PRESIDENT Lorne McDonald is seen
with Mrs. Anna Meyer and Barry Wenger
at the Wingham Business Association's
dinner last week. Mr. Wenger presented
Mrs, Meyer with a token gift in appreci-
ation of her efforts In organizing centen-
nial events in Wingham,
—Advance-Times Photo.
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Page WingliarkAdVaneemainneS0 Thqsday, Oct. 5, A967
Storm drains cause
concern at council
Wingham council faced two
problems in connection with
storm drains in the community
at its Monday night.rneeting.
A letter from Stanley-Berry
Limited through its solicitor
claimed that IndusrLiKStreet
past the firm's facto hard-
surfaced earlier this year and as
a result ground water!'started ,
running into the facto,ry. The
company also statec0 t had in-
stalled a storm drai handle
the water from the s et and
asked for compensa of
$44:3.00. -.•
The letter said thq problem
had been discussed with
town authorities, however, 'no
one on council could remember
having been notified of the
problem. The matter was turn-
ed over to the public works
committee for investigation.
Chairman of the public
works committee, Joe Kerr, was
instructed to contact the town's
consulting engineer, Burns Ross
of Goderich, for advice and
cost estimates in regard to drain-
age in the Edward St.. - Alfred
St. area and at the intersection
of John and Edward Streets.The
first location does not have any
storm sewers and the second is
overloaded.
GRANT APPRGAiED
A letter from the provincial
centennial grants commission
stated that final approval for
Wingham's centennial, project,
the swimming pool, tfad been
given. The grant amounts to
approximately $6,000, half
from the federal government
and half from the provincial,
provided the municipality puts
up an equivalent arngunt. The
grants are based on population.
A petition from ratepayers
on Diagonal Road between Car-
ling Terrace and the eastern
limit of the municipality, ask-
ing for properwater service and
sewage was accepted and will
be acted on by council, The
petition requested action be-
fore the service road at that
point is completed.
Council also discussed the
service road, for whi:Cit a
t
de-
sign was approved m months
ago. Reeve Kerr sai ie had
reason to believe tha he De-
partment would be Aping now
to utilize the old higl'ilay as a
service road and if so,:4 this
would save a considerible •
amonnt of money. He- was in-
structed to request an immedi-
ate meeting with Department
of Highways engineers to settle
the matter.
Councillor G. W. Cruick-
shank, reporting for*the police
committee, told Deputy Reeve
Jack Alexander, who last month
asked for information, that the
police have laid several charg-
es in connection with motor-
cycles making excessive noise
late at night. Mr. Alexander
agreed that the situation had
improved during the month.
Councillor Cruickshank said
that Chief Miller requ'9sted per-
mission to put pavement lines ,
for parking on the south side of
the town hall and enforce its
designation as a restricted park+
,ring area. Council agreed with-
the suggestion.
PIGEON PROBLEM
Councillor Bateson, who
heads the property committee,
said that pigeons were a serious
nuisance at the town hall. Dep-
uty Reeve Alexander suggested
having traps installed to get rid
of the birds, but council finally
agreed to have Police Chief
Miller investigate the legality
of having them shot.
Deputy Reeve Alexander,
reporting for his fire committee,
outlined the activities of the
brigade during the month. He
said the explosion at the John-
ston service station was an
alarming incident and it was
fortunate that no one was kill-
ed. He also said there is con-
tinuing problem in obtaining
:payment from insurance com-
panies when fire calls are made,
to extinguish automobile fires.
The Deputy Reeve went on
to say that he expects a fire
school will be established in
this area and suggested that if:0,
any member of the local bri-
gade attends, he should be re-
compensed for his time lost
from employment. Council
agreed in principle.
Mayor Miller outlined for
council the major points of the
tentative plan presented to the
Planning Board by consultant
Norman Pearson. He also said
that the old Brown factory
which is in poor condition is be-
ing torn down by the owner.
BUSINESS ASSOC.
When council started to dis-
cuss a request for the annual
$500.00 grant to the Business
Association, Councillor Bennett
.said it was disgusting the way
•'the Association has let the bulbs
in the pole .decorations burnout
and not have them replaced.
She suggested the grant should
not be made until the decora-
tions are put in good shape.
Mayor Miller interjected to
say that the decorations were
put up by the town employees
and he was sure if they were
directed to do so they would re-
place the burned out bulbs.
Reeve Kerr agreed, but said
such work this year, which is
not subsidized, has amounted to
nearly double that of a year ago.
He said he would have the job
looked after. Council then ap-
proved the grant.
Named to the court of revis-
ion were W. H. French, G. W.
Tiffin, E. Wilkinson, Mayor
Miller and Councillor Williams.
Council will advertise three
lots for sale on Bristol Terrace.
Council approved several build-
ing permits, including the Post
Office, two houses, the swim-
ming pool, and a $10,000 am-
bulance garage at the hospital.
A centennial reunion dinner
for all former senior NCOs of
the oldest militia regiment in
Canada, The Queen's York
Rangers (1st American Regi-
ment) is being held at Fort York
Armoury, Toronto, on October
14, Registration will be at
5.30 with dinner at 6,30.
The committee is trying to
reach as many old-timers as
possible and anyone eligible to
attend the reunion dinner is ask-
ed to contact S/Sgt, G. E.
Coope, QYR'S Sergeants' Mess,
Fort York Armoury.
The Rangers have a unique
history dating back to Roger's
Rangers of 1779, Already 91
years old in 1866, the regiment
was represented in the Fenian
Raids of that year by the Aurora
Infantry Company, the Scarbor-
ough Rifles and later the King
Infantry Company and Lloyd-
town Company. These units
combined to form the 12th Bat-
talion of Infantry as a part of
the militia re-organization dur-
ing that year.
These York County repres-
entatives in the militia began a
friendly relationship with the
Simcoe Foresters in 1885, that
is continued today. During that
year the two formed a compo-
site unit called the York Sim-
coes which took part in the
Northwest Rebellion.
Between that period and the
First World War the 12th York
Rangers carried out militia
training; some members joining
the Canadian Contingent in the
South African War after an of-
fer by the unit to serve as a
whole was turned down.
During the Great War the
regiment supplied a great num-
ber of soldiers for overseas duty;
they had their initial baptism
of fire at the Second Battle of
Ypres. Those involved belong-
ed to the 4th Battalion.
Other battalions raised dur-
ing the next few years included
the 20th under command of Lt.
Col. C. H. Rogers, a descend-
ent of Robert Rogers who led
the Rangers 139 years before;
the 35th (one company of York
Rangers); the 83rd (one comp-
any of York Rangers); the 127th
which later became the 2nd
Battalion, Canadian Railway
Troops because of the engineer
ing and technical qualifications
of the personnel; and the 220th
which was broken up to form
reinforcements for the Canad-
ian Corps which had by this
time suffered heavy casualties,
In 1925 the West Toronto
Regiment (formerly a battalion
of the 12th York Rangers) and
the other battalion at Aurora
were amalgamated into The
Queen's Rangers. The two bat-
talions of the 12th York Rangers
that remained active after the
Great War were now back to-
gether again.
Two years later the regiment
was allowed to assume its full
title, "The Queen's Rangers(lst
American Regiment). At the
same time members were allow-
ed to wear the ancient badges
and woodland green with ame-
thyst blue facings and silver
trimmings.
In 1928 the regiment was
allied with the Green Howards
and the Queen's Royal West Sur-
rey Regiment. Shortly after,
the regiment was also allied
with the 2-35th Australians,
The City of Newcastle Regi-
ment.
By 1935 the quarters in St.
Paul's Hall, Toronto, were be-
coming too cramped and the
regiment moved into Fort York '
Armoury, not far from old Fort
York; a fort that former mem-
bers of the regiment helped
build under Governor ',,Simcoe.
With another reorganization
of the militia in 1936, the
regiment was amalgamated
with the old York Rangers and
from then on became the
Queen's York Rangers (1st Am-
erican Regiment) (MG),
During World War Two the
Rangers provided a number of
reinforcements for the active
forces overseas, and at the end
of the war they were disbanded.
The Regiment supplied 124 of-
ficers and about 1100 other
ranks, as well as one battalion
raised in 1942 which proceeded
to the Maritimes before being
split up for reinforcements.
After this war the Rangers
were redesignated as an armour-
ed unit. In 1964, with further
militia reorganization, the Ran-
gers were changed to an armour
ed recce unit - a change that
once again makes the Queen's
York Rangers the first in the
advance and cover force in the
withdrawal, just as in the early
years under Robert Rogers at Du-
barton in 1775.
The wheel has come full cir-
cle and the Regiment is once
again," • .the eyes and ears of
the army..." as Lord Amherst
described the Rangers many
years ago.
Lloyd Stapleton,.
Eunice Shantz
wed in Kitchener
First Mennonite Church, Kit-
chener, was the scene of a pret-
ty wedding when Eunice Yvon-
ne, the younger daughter ofMr.
and Mrs. Lincoln Shantz of Kit-
chener and Lloyd Arthur, young-
est son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Stapleton of Wingham were
married. The ceremony was
performed by the minister, Rev.
R, N. Johnson.
The bride was gowned in
delicate pink lace over crepe
made on empire lines and
matching headpiece, and her
sister-in-law, Mrs. Joan Bow-
man chose delicate blue over
crepe with matching headpiece,
identical to the bride's.
Receiving the guests at the
Bona Vista in Waterloo were
the bride's mother, in navy
blue two-piece ensemble and
the groom's mother in turquoise
lace over crepe.
They spent their honeymoon
in Eastern United States, after
which they will reside in Kitch-
ener.
Retiring Hydro
employees are
honored at dinner
On Friday over 400 guests,
made up of Hydro employees
and friends gathered at Fern
Resort, near Orillia, to honor
thirteen of their associates from
Georgian Bay Region who are
retiring this year. Among the
retirees is J. C. McIntyre of
Wingham.
I. Carl Ingimundson, Geor-
gian Bay regional mam'ger,
welcomed the guests. "We no
longer accept the old connota-
Three guests at
Kinette meeting
The Wingham Kinette Club
held the first meeting of the fall
season at the home of the presi-
dent, Mrs. Keith McClure on
September 25 when the twelve
ladies present enjoyed a pot
luck supper.
Three guests were welcom-
ed, Mrs. George Thomas, a
transfer from the Stratford Club;
Mrs. Ken Henry whose husband
is the local conservation offi-
cer; and Mrs. Bryce Baron, Mr.
Baron is employed at Lloyd-
Truax Ltd.
Mrs. Dave Burgess, vice-
president, gave out the attend-
ance pins and presented Mrs.
McClure with her president's
pin.
A Kinette Harvest Hop will
be held at the community hall
in Formosa on October 13, start-
ing at ten o'clock.
Apple upside-down cake is
quick to make and also quick
to disappear after the first
taste. Melt one-quarter cup
butter in a baking dish and add
three-quarters cup brown sugar.
Arrange six thick rings of ap-
ple in dish. Cover with gin-
gerbread batter and bake.
tion of the word 'retirement',"
said Mr. Ingimundson. "It no
longer means sitting with fold-
ed hands and watching the world
go by. On the contrary, retire-
ment often calls for the change
from one type of occupation to
another. I wish those who are
retiring many years of happi-
ness in their new roles."
Each retiree was presented
with a gift from his fellow em-
ployees to mark his service with
Hydro. Mr. McIntyre received
a set of luggage.
"We in the Commission
thank these gentlemen for the
service they have rendered On-
tario Hydro," said Hydro Chair-
man George E. Gathercole."We
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Others present at the banquet
and dance included D. P. Cliff,
first vice-chairman; R. J. Boy-
er, M.P.P., second vice-chair-
man; and Col. A. A. Kennedy,
commissioner; and from Wing-
ham, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Mc-
Arthur, Mr. and Mrs. Ross Gor-
don, Mr. and Mrs. Ken Saxton
and Mr. and Mrs. McIntyre.
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