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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1958-09-03, Page 1-"r'..'`,r' 4 With which is amaigarnaled the, rrie ✓idette and Wroxeter News DAX, SEPTEMBER $r41, 19;$ ALONG THE MAIN DRAG BY The I'edestriali " FERRO' IN 1ETQNIA i ATf 11-r There has been a little skull- • duggery around Dr, ,- W. A. Me-' Kibbon's corner of the town, This spring.' he set; out a lovely "bed of etnnias, A few weeks .ago he, oh- ;ved that one of the plants was Iiroutieg.• a young tomato plant from its main stent. At present the tomato ;overshadows the petunia , land has put forth blossoms, He has dug down around the sten( to a 'depth of two or thr••ee inches and • apparently the iWo are sprouting. from one root. ' • 0-.0-0 BACK,*O NORMAL- • - The main' drag looks a bit quiet this 'week with. Frontier Days over for another' Year. It was. a gaY. sight on Saturday afternoon how- ever, as the big parade moved: off, Producers of horse opera for the. 'V trade could get some Inexpen- sive stock shots in Wingham as the horsemen go by. , 0-0.0 , FORGOTTEN ART—. Now that fellow atop the big- wheeled- bike on Saturday _must have lots of (life .insurance. Per- eonally, we'd feel just as safe in an airplane. .0. -o -(it ' BEAUTIFUL, BLOOMS Mrs, 'T. J. Kerr had' the "extteme pleasure of seeing five giant blooms appear on her, ,n'ight=blooming c tus,on Saturday evening. Three the flowers were on one leaf of the plant The blooms are a magnificent sight and open so rapidly that one can all but see the petals move. They remain open. only four or five hours and then wither and die. 0'-0-0. NEW OWNER -- Wesley White. of Windsor; is the ° new proprietor of the Supertest ' Service Station at the corner'of Josephine and Victoria Streets.' Frank 'Caskanette, who has oper- ated :the" • business for the. past 20 yea;s,hns purchased the Jack Van- afnp home, Mr, and Mrs. White, Ziwill occupY the apartment hk co n- riected with the station, teak over on, Monday of this week. A welcome to the business fraternity of the town extended isrte led to the newcom- ' ers. Douglas Family y Moves to..Town Mrs. Vaughn •Douglas and five tons ,of Fergus, have joined Mr. Douglas here, ul r and . r g s , on Saturday moped to their new . heave. on :Charles Street, the former resi- dence of the late Mrs. F. W. Angus. Mr. "Douglas, farm editor I r at CKNX, has been in Wingham for some months ,His wife is the form- er Verna Henemander,'of Hanover, a',niece of 'MAS; Roy Adair, and has visited in Wingham many times. We welcome them' to' the tom munity, TO ATTEND OPENING OF POWER PROJECT ton Friday of this week official ceremonies will be held at Corn Wall t� mark the opening of the St. Lawrence Power Project. The huge dam, which has been ceitsttttcted by,the Hydro+Electric Power CoM- misslon of Ontario and The Power •Authority of the State of New York and the generating stations Will be linked With the a fisting power ,. fa'#ties of both Ontario and New Y State,1 ffieiatleg at the 'opening ore - Mettles will' ile Hon, • Leslie M: Frost, prime minister of Ontario (laid .Hon, Aierell. Harriman, gayer, tag of the State of New 'York, Jelin W, Hanna, IVt':P.P,, wilt' at- tend the cerentonfes at a member Of the pravinelai legislature.Barry Wenger; pgblisher of The Advanee- 'imes will also attend as president -Of the Ontario Weekly ;newspapers, ASSociation. t ,tikittAitY IVfiiaD°1'111 Gi , The Ladies' Auxiliary to Wing- 'lata"( General Hospital will held their first meeting for °the fall term in the Counait dharnber on Friday 'afternoon, September 5 at .three ri'clock,. All wof len are inv(t- • 1'i tt¢iicomPTION AVD 1 ANNE A reaelitibn and donee will be held at the loyal ,'I' i' 7tnghatri, On Friday 'night, September 5, for Mrs and Mrd, bill kttbortsorr (net Colleen >v toboL Mule isy Tiffft rs Orchestra, Ladies please ',brunt; lunch, gveryont Wetc6ltio, F$* GIRLS' BAND -The DGirls' Trumpe"Ban t�l , eiik,part in .the parade: and presented precision exer- cises e ,<xses at the park. ileac isthe' color pasty which led the; girls,. group. . - c#ober. ate 'erminate Fast Time The question of a .termination date for Daylight Saving Time was finally for, by the town coun- cil on 'Monday evening when they set the date for Sunday, October 26th.. The matter was brought to council's attention in a letter from CKNX, which listed the various town's in this area which have'al- ready set the date. Since a major- ity were ending fast time at the endOctoberofthe stationpointedd out that television broadcasts would adhere to the October clos- ing time and suggested that the local council do` the same. A letter from Thomas Henderson informed i the council that he bad completed, a survey and .pian for a housing sub -division immediately east of Carling •Terrace, and lying between the, extensions of John and Patrick Streets, The plan has been submitted it, the bepartntent of .Planning and Development for approval , and • the council unani- mously ..agreed to support Mr. Henderson's effort to have the subdivision approved as speedily as possible: In order to rtieet the iequire- merlts of the departtnent the owner of ilhe property Will' grade and gravel a street running north from John to the extension of .Petrick. The hew subdivision will open a fjlne residential area, for new homier in Wingham (he building porrhft has already been requested .for the new seollon,; which Council has. been forced to delay until approval has been received front t1 depart; merit. Will Deed Street Council also received a letter from Berry Door Cd., Ltd., pointing out that a new slfrvey is being made in tip' portion :of the land' re- edntly acgttired' by the eotitinany adjacent to Pleasant Valley, Lying Within the survey :tree. is a land al.lotvaliee for Ceeil'Street, which has Hover been used as a. 't3heretit iz- The letter r.eauested that 'the tevi'n offielaity' close the street so that the land could be included -1.n the Itoufiing plan„ Council aptitov- the move, slate the street las nevn:t been used and will mit he required oft the hew deVelopinent, The new survey is' being made to preVide :for' lots with as wider frontage, More ;soltabie for madern llbirte Celistrtietleii, Council, also 11,1)nrova'd a, tourist 1lceiiSe fef the Peca'ck residence tin: Dia eh5.1' Read, Oeuncfllar Wilkllas+5tt, chairman of the, public works' committee re, ported . that the paving . of town streets is .complete for this year. About 1,709 tons''of black fop have been laid at a cost "of $11,422,00.. He said .that his ,committee ,is. well satisfied with the ;:work which has been done. A ,letter from Fry &; l;.etekhall Ltd., requested, drat _ the, town re- pair a curb in fr'ont::of,their plant on Victoria Street, . where street drainage has, been e running over n rung the firm's property; The council agreed to look .after ' the repairs; and also asked that Fry; & Black -- hall be requested -to refrain from (Please urn rio. Page T Turn. TWO CHAMPIONS ONE B. C, FAMILY : F: ^:, LSl;C1 Thomas Newton and,his wife, of Victoria, B.C., are the; proud parents of two :prize-winning children, Last year their son, Danny, won the baby contest at the Luxton fall fair and this year hissmaller sister, 10 -months -old Barbara, was also judged winner of the, same baby show. Barbara won the Daily Colonist trophy, pre- sented this year for the first time, Father of the children is Thomas Newton son of Mrs. R •g Newton, . Ne to Reg. ,. Wrofceter, and his ' wife is the former Helen Scott of tl'eeswater. Tont has been a member of the Royal Canadian Navy for the past six years. llr. 1ItONTIL)it <Okt1'., 1k1irried at t lab rtentiet balt lit :the Stena tie p'rhday night ns prlalp Wfulters for the; bat 1E`rontier Cora le.iii oeatumo' 'Were Mr, and 1404 fl b Melia$ ' ousands Line Street for rontier Days Procession MORE STUDEI�'� �'INGNAM SGN(lOIS' Increased enrolment at both Winghani .Public School and Wing- .am District High School 'became evident when elapses opened ,on tTttesday morning of this week, At the public school the total en- oiment was 496, an increase of pproximately 11 over last year. here were 69 entering kindergar. ten this year, which is •a little higher' than average. The public 'school staff, which is 'headed by Principal T, 'S. Beattie, includes 13 teachers and the' music upervser. Newcomers to the staff are Mrs. Ray Gowdy, of Wingham, l'whe previously taught in Toronto; Mrs, Wilson Thornton, of. Bluevale and Miss Joan Armitage, Wingham, "who taught previously in Kitchen- Enrolment itchen- Enrolment; at the high school was 580, an increase of about 40 over last year. ,'Grade 9 enrolment i 188, These figures are likely to :increase slightly within the next Aew days. New teachers on the high school staff are Edwin Anderson. of Dray- -ton, mathematics; Ed. Brophy, preenoch, geography and English 'Mussell Smith, whocomes to Wing - ham from MacDonald College„ Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Que., agricul- ture; Miss Merle Gowdy; Wing - ham, girls' physical education; 'Kenneth Wood of Londesboro. who graduated this weeks from the (`OntaCollege of Education, .science and mathematics, Mrs.' Miller Davis school secretary is 1so.a,newae,mer to the::staiff;, which totals 21 plus music' supervisor and secretary. • To Live in Sudbury Roy `de Groot, former mechanic of Wingham Motors, his wife Yvonne, and father-in-law Mark Gardner will be leaving shortlq to take up residence in Sudbury. Their friends wish them good luck intheir new undertaking, Family .Gathering Marks 90th Birthday Mrs, J. J. Moffat,' of Wingham, celebrated her 90th birthday en Friday at the home of her laugh.,, ter, Mrs. G. N. Underwood, ,, The former Jane McBride, of Turnberry Township, she is a daugter of the late Frances , and Mary McBride, She later married Mr. Moffat who, passed, .away about seven. years 'ago, They had .cele- brated their 60th weddllig anni- versary prior to his death. , Mrs. Moffat has a family of four daughters and two sons. They are Harold and Cedril. of Turnberry; Mrs. G. N. Underwood, of Wing- ham; Mrts, Ralph Elliott, •Ripley; Mrs; A,. J.. Edgar, London; and Mrs: Alvin Edgar, also of London. She has 22 grandchildren and '•21.. greatgcandc ➢1ci e" , ; . e s st ; Mrs. Frances- Gray, of Hamilton, was also present for the occasion. She hat been. a member of Wing - ham United Church for 68 years., and has been active in many ,of the women's organizations. Mr Moffat Mo t enjoys good health and is still quite active. Recently a 'family dihner was ,held In her honour at the home' of her daughter, Mrs. Elliott ,of Rip- ley, when all her family was pre- sent, 66 in all. Public Meeting CaiIed To Discuss Possible Pool A Very important question will be discussed at a public meeting in the council• chamber at the town hall, in Wingham on Monday even- ing next, September 8th, at 8.30 O'clock. A public gathering has been called to thoroughly review the proposal that a swimming pool should be constructed here for the use of the people of Wingham, Belgrave, Bluevale, Whitechurch, Turnberry. East Wawanosh and Morris, The meeting has been called by the 'Wingham Water Safety Cont- mittee, headed by Williant B. Con - roil, chairman, 'The committee met a Week ago and decided unarilmously that some actloh must be taken at once to provide a safe, supervised swim- ming spot of some kind, to pre- vent, If at all possible, a recttr- rence of the frequent drownings which have shocked this communi- ty .within the past few months. At the meeting it was stated that a complete{ up-to-date pool and dressing rooms would cost in the neighborhood of$35,000.00, The com- mittee, requested The Advance- TImes to seek some Measure of public opinion in regard to the pool Object and what assistafice might be expected, A simple questionnaire form Was carried and already there is eonsjderable indication thttt the.publie is in favour of tak- ing' action at once, It has net been decided by tiny nieatlsthat it will 'be necesSary or adViaable to proceed with a $3C,- 00040 pool, for there Are rnarty who feel that intelligent of tpleyment of this natural fac1lltles offered by the IVfaittand Inver would make pos- sible a much 'JOS costly swltiifning arca Many sitg gestione have already been (lift .forward as to the iheth4 •oda. ;»riots could be created and e the .ep.ope• . prr 1o'catiotts for them, !lee public sheeting 'fa tailed for. ;a, the express purpose of hearing such suggestions and giving each logical one consideration. No action of any kind will be taken until the best possible plan has been determined. •Few public' projects have been proposed in recent years : which carry with thorn 'the universal in- terest that is in evidence in con - (Please turn to Page TWo) CKNX .STAFF HONORS SEVERAL, CO-WORKERS CKNX' staff, WiVes; husbands and. friends enjoyed a chicken• bar- becue. at the golf eourse. recently. The social gathering was in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Carbert, who W➢l.l move to Ottawa fa the near future where Bob has &ready as- sumed a •new position. The party was also held for other staff members: Steve Bdy, who has been employed as a sum- mer replacement, Gwen :Brown and Zan MacLaurin, .who are 'being married 'on Saturday and Btoile Moffat, who Is also being inarrled in the near future, - After the 'dinner: -0.• W. Cruick- shank addressed the 'gathering. He •also: presented ' Miss Moffat. Mr MacLaurin and Miss Brown with a, . toaster and ,steam .iron, John Strong presented Bob Carbert with a inaele camera front the .staff and Steve by received ft sinal➢ remein- brance froth his fellow eni»loyees presented by John tanriclge, Mira 13essfe Campbell gate M'fas Moffat 'Mid Miss Brant each a lovely leo 'tablecloth and shower gifts front the *bitten en the stuff Mid Mrs, Itoitg N[el r wan presented Mrs, Carbert With ,a piece ,of riw� ellery as n farewell gift, Eich 'o:6 the reelp lents tan rested li their gratitude Land' 'dancing Wam'. enjoyed 't string the a voiiir gy. Frpntier Days, sponsored annual- ly by the Lions Club .qf Wingham, lost none of their appeal this year. In fact bigger crowds, better pro, granting and 'a fine financial boost for the Inions' welfare.' fund were•all indications that the public is still getting a lot of fun out ,of the af- fair, There was a good crowd at the town Park on pursday evening when the midway rides were the big, attraction, Bingo and other. ,games were operated by the Lions and their many helpers. ' A real :standout in the three-day Program was the stage show 'pre- rented by Gordie Tapp of "Country Hoedown" fame, who was support- ed by several other stars of high calibre. The crowd of well over. 1,000 people • In the arena for the show roared their approval. as Bar- bara Barlow was called, back sev- eral times for repeat tap ,.dance numbers. The Hansen Sisters, wile' play violin duos mixed folk and. semi -classical music that bad' the audience cheering for more. Anne. Gable brought in the night club touch' with her modern vocal ren- dition's of several popular num- bers. ' Gordie Tapp himself • bad the crowd eating out of his 'hand from the opening line. He combines a fine balance of high grede music- ian and nonsense -filled .comedian which Is . truly irresistable, The background, music and ,seeempani- . rnents were provided "hy Slim ,Bon- , .Ccher and his Golden Prairie, Cow- boys and their preformance war most -certainly a .credit to the home. town. They .also provided the ." music for the dance Which follow ed the stage show. At midnight ,selectlfrn, of the best frontier couple was made, the; win- ners being Mr; and M's. Robert McKague, • frhe X10.00 door prize was wen py Mr. White, Brussels,. Pine Parade The 'highlight of the Frontier Days :celebration has always: been the Saturday. afternoon parade, which was no. exception this year. There Were not as man/ fi9.ats as in previous years, but the ypung stens' parade was combined' with that of the adults this year, and with, the 'four bands which . took part, 'the dozens of horses 'and. riders and the ancient Gars, the whole .thing added up to really • grand free entertainment. for the severalthousand spectators '}vhien lined the street ,from the corner, of Victoria to the town park, Winners tri this event were as , follows: Best overall, first, Wes- tern Foundry; second, Anderson's Flax products, Lucknow; best .horse-drawn, Bill Clark, D, ;Can't- eron;comic, Lloyd' Doors, Wing - ham Sawmill; old-fashioned, a N. Gowdy & Son •Gorrie, James Mac • - (Please . turn to Page Two) Dr. Peter Fisher I.Qses Life in Sailing Accident i . A tragic accident •near Kingston lost their lives: on Sunday afternoon took the life; sf-41DA- Peter Francis•" 'isheL "C ; M.A., Ph. D., son of the late Peter Fisher of Wingham. He was a nep- hew of Mrs; George Hanna, of town and cousin of Mrs; O. M. McCon- key of Guelph, Dr Fisher, s r, was' sailing g near Wolfe Island, three miles south of Kingston, when his craft was swamped in. a sudden squall and sank almost immediately. He waS accompanied by Miss Nancy 1N/fos- ter, a secretary at the Royal Mili- tary -College, and by Col. and Mrs.' Robert Hefferon of New York. Col. Hefferon is attached to the Canadian adian Army Staff Celle g.e. Miss Mosier, the only survivor' :of. the accident, swam against heavy waves for an hour and a•haif beforerea she bed the shore n her. and p e gave the alarm, Col; and Mrs. lief - feria! leave four young children. As late as Tuesday evening Search by the RCMP and volun-" teers was still continuing for the! bodies of the three persons who Dr. Fisher was a sen,of of toe; late '''"Peter Fisher afd 11111attt"Gr>iharri' " Fisher, a pioneer Wingham family. His grandfather,' • Peter . Fisher, came here from Perthshire, Scot- land in 1860 and establishes the town's first" flour, 'lumber and woollen mills. An: intense scholar, ' Dr. Fisher was educated at U.T.S. and the University of Toronto, .specializing" in literature and. philosophy. He had just completed the Manu- script for a book on the life and works of William Blake, His, re- search in this fiel'd 'took him to the libraries of London; Boston and New York... During World •War II Mayor Fisher served- In the 'Italian and. European campaigns'ns' and Was mentioned in despatches and awarded • the Military Cross for distinguished service. He hadb eet b head f the .English faculty at the Royal, Military Col- lege at.Kingston since 1949. - 1)ROWiv> D 1VgAlt ]KiIVGISTON >tir..Pe'teir V ft [er, son tint •foie 'late I oter Winghant, vivito drOtolied Vthan% hs Whig Oat .t .....,y �nrrer turned neit:r Itingston on 'Sunday, TWO cotti orifdiis Were 'eti .. 104 >>r o aa,r the ae'etideni ' r,.