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SEVEN 'KINSM E N •
INITIATED FRIDAY :
KINSMEN INITIATED—Seven members were initia ted at the meeting of the Kinsmen Club last week.
They include the three centre in back row, Bob Gutpell, Matt Boyd and afltek Henderson, and, fro*ittV1 , D
Burgess, Don Rae, dVaarito Staunton and Ken Cerso a, The back row is' Ilialliced by President Murray
Stanton at left and District Deputy Governor Paul Mille of Hanover, at right.---Photo by Bill Connell,
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Rabid Fox
Killed in Gorrie
GORRIEleeA rabid fox wes• pale-
aling through the streets of
Saturday, morning and was k
on the front lawn of iVlass
Irwin's home about 1I, ant. gq j
Templernan hit the animal witn,",a
stick. SeVeral had been fiffalg,
shots at the fox before it was firile
ally felled., Donald Peel 'Whlr:I fmn
the scene with his gun aod "tenOirt.
end to the fox. •
Blake McMillatas little `dog -;and'
puppiee had been in contact :yeah
the fox so had to he destroyed.
Anti-rabies vaccine will be given
intt e, villages in Howick tine wee
Wingham Lodge
Elects Officers
The Wingham Lodge A.F. and
AMT, No• 286 has named its officers
for the coming year, Rope Vogul,
loCal high school teacher will take
over as master . pucceeding Ted
Ganley.
Other officers are: Senior Ware
den Robin Campbell; Junior War-
den Alex. Collagen, , Chaplain
Bruce MacDonald; Treasurer, A. M,
Peebles; Secretary H. L, Sher-
bandy e Senior Deacon' Joseph Me-
Gill; Junior Deacon; George Guest;
Inner Guard, Alex, Robertson and
Tyler, ft. A. Coutto, .
Instalfation and investiture will
be held January 6: • outici Will Take : A-dip
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'o Clear Streets for Ploy Clinic Arranged to r•
nimals Against Rabic
to cars parked overnight along• the
streets. The police Were instruct-
ed to take action to see that streets
are kept clear Miring the night
so that snow can •be moved 'back
properly.
Overnight parking is permitted
on the west side of Edward Street
and in the lot 'near- the arena.
In a discussion of building per-
mits it was pointed out that the
building. by-lalw as it relates to
construction in "Limit A", which is
the main street fire zone from Scott
at .the south to Albert at the norh,
At a regular Meeting held on
Tuesday evening of last, week, the
Wingham town council dealt with
December business, with Mayor
R„ E. 'McKinney presiding.
A 'letter was received from the
minister of transport, Dt. M. B.
Dyrnond:, stating that further in-
vestigation will be made of the
traffic problem at the intersection'
Highways 4 and 86 in Wingham,
Councillor Elmer Wilkinson, the
chairman' of the street committee,'
reported that the town snow plow
operators are still experiencing far
too much delay and difficulty due
SPORTSMEN CLUB, TRIBUTE PAID TO
Wingsam firemen were called out
et 1040 on Tuesday morning to
lese.4 hard,-fought battle when Mire
destroyed the home of Roy D, Ma
Kay on the westerly outskirts of
Wingham, A family of six child-
Ten Was •left homeless as a 'result
of ehe disastrono fire, which dee-.
hewed all the househeld furnieh-
ings and clothing, leaving the fatn-
ilY with nothing more than the
garments they were wearing.
Mr, McKay, who is currently on-
•PloYed in Hamilton, was not at
berate at the time, of the 'fire, which
was first noticed by Mrs, McKay
'when she smelled smoke in the
woodshea of the tneo-steeey frame
structure, She attempted to' quell
the blaze while her daughter-in-
law,Mrs, 'Rodney McKay', phoned
for help, 'By the time the fire de-
partment was I able to 'reach the
'residence the fire Was well •under
way, fanned by high winds .-aad,
a raging snowstorm'which prevail,
ed at the time,
The brigade, hampered by heavy
enow, bad to rue their hose lines
along the railway right-of-way to
reach the home. For a While it
appeared that 'the, fire-fighters had
won out, -bet when ,the 500 gallon
tank on the truck was used up, the
blaze broke out again and the fire-
men Were left without a secondary
water supply, • with' the result 'that
the'' fire rapidly consumed the
whole sructure,
A TV set, was the only item of the
McKay belongings to be rescued
from the building. At the time of
the outbreak only one of the six
McKay children was at home with
their mother, and Mrs, McKay Jr.
Temporary shelter'-has been pro-
vided for the family at the McKay
Rest Hone,, but Envoy Staeley
Newman of. the Saleation Army
said that accommodation for the
40111111Y •u rgeptiie-•needed.- - -
Request Donations
Mr. Nevinnan also stated that the
family is in urgent need of cloth-
ing and will need household articles
in the very near future. Anyone
who has clothing and other items
that -could be donated is asked to
leave them at the McKay . Rest
Home, where they will be received
for the family.
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Action to :curtail the spread Of; •
rabies in tins community le taking
DECEMBER BRINGS
The 'Kinsmen Club of Wingham
held its regular diluter meeting at
the .Queens Hotel on Friday eve-
ning with ;President Murray Stain-
ton in the Chair, Mitt Currie said
grace and the Kin song was sung.
Bob Gutpell was appointed ser-
geant-at-arms and was ably assfst-
ed 'by Maurice Stainton.
Guests of the club included Dis-
trict Deputy Governor Paul Mills
of Hanover; Lorne Stokes and, Len
Pilkington, both of the Hanover
club, aed Kin Vic Loughlean of
the London Club and formerly of
the local club, A rousing welcome
was given Kin Bill Connell, on his
return ti Wingham. The. "late"
Cal Burke and the -"late" Bill
Montgomery were also able to
make the last part of the meeting,
Initiation was held for a number
of new members, Kinsmen Matt
f3oyd, Dave Burgess, Bob Gutpell,
Jack Henderson, Ken •Cerson, Don.
Rae and Maurice Stainton.
The ,first part of the initiation,
Was under the direction of Kin
Stewart Ledham, Murray Gerrie,
Bruce McDonald and George Stok-
es; who gave the boys the full
treatment, having them on the
ropes several times—but they came
back for more;
Deputy Governor Mills, assisted
by Lorne Stokes and Len Pilking-
ton, gave the hew members the
challenge to kinsmenship. It was
explained - that the first , Kinsmen
Club was started in. Hainilten, On-
tarifa, just after World War I by
the, late Hal, Regers. Sinde that
time clubs have 'sprung up :from
coast, to coast' in Canada: Fe; "
'Cy Robinson condueted the raffle
which was won by Kin Len Pilking-
ton. Kin Secretary Harvey' Fisher
read the minutes of the last meet-
ing and it was decided that the
next meeting would be heldeThurs-
day, December 18, because the
stores are open on Friday evening's.
Jack Walker announced at the
close of the meeting that there
was .100 per cent attendance, the
first such record for some time.
Kinetics Vote $100 •
place at the town hall bedey,
the federal veterinarian, Dr. J.
RECORD SNOWFALL
• By The Pedeetrian
, •pllEquE, FOR POOL-4
' We inadverteetly felled to • ?IVO
credit Where Kbelonged *hen we
referred last week to the *e,000
cheque from the Kinsinen Club as
the Tina donation to the ;Winn-fling
peel' fend, The timught in mind;
- l'effit.fdlasS of how badly we Me-
l
t ,e; pressed It 'was that the Kinsmen
donation' was the first of the large
er ones from service erganizations.
However, there were some private
donations before that time, notably
*25,00 from urn Angus. An will he
• tteknewledged publicly When liets
„erg made up abd the canvass open-
ed. 'Thanks, anyway Jith.
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IN AT TiiX KIM— •
, • Tewn CIO* Bill Renwick had,
a ringside Seat on SUnday morning
when a rabid fox, entered the town
of Durham and tackled a dog in
his neighbor'4 yard. The neigh-
hor :shot the fox froin his own
doorsteei. ,
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IN THE NICK OF TIME—. • S,eVeral local families departed
' fez. the eunnete south on Sunday,
among them Mr, and Mre• • BO
Weed!. It would appear that they
left • just in time or the cars
might have been snowed in lot a
long winter,
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BAD FOR BUSINESS—
Our sympathy to the Wingham
merchantswho- have had grand•
displays of Christmas merchandise
in the stores for the past 'two
• Weeks, and very little weather fit
.fer customers to travel into town,
j The past two Saturdaye have been
about as rough as one could im-
agine.
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AT LONDON DEDICATION—
Dr. Alekancier Nirnmo was in Lon
don on Saturday where• he, offici-
ated at the dedication of two vas-
es in, Victoria Hospital chapel in
memory of Miss Ruth Catherine
Meehan, Reg.N. The vanes, Were
placed' in the chapel by/ her elass,
mates:: Miss ,MachtenWteafe daelgh
ter of the late Gorden Meehan and
Mrs, Machan e of Sarnia and for-'
nicely of .Witigham. ,
In its short,, 10-day career, the
month of December has proven: to
be one of the roughest months of
early winter in many years. There
is more snow piled along the main
street aof Wingham than there was
after weeks of accumulation last
year. ,
SattOday, the 31at 'November
brought fotth a real _Wizened, with
all. the extremely .haztarclOns
Conditions `.one associ-
ated with January% and February.
The first ;Saturday In December,
however; was jest about as bad,
with an extremely heavy snowfall.
Reports indicate 'that as Much as
16 inches of sec* fell on Wingham
over' the week=end, to 'add to the
sizeable collection which, was lying
around 'before ,that
Apparently other towns in the
Westetn Ontario area have not re-
ceived as much snowfall as Wing-
ham, for reports -on .Saturday in-
.dicated that there had heed little
snow et -places as close as Walker-
ton and Exeter.
Wingham was singled out for a
few pictures on the CBC news on
Monday night as Larry Henderson
commented , on ektreme 'weather
conditions -all aciess •Canada.
At time of writing on' Tuesday
the snow continues . to fall in a
white curtain which makes driving
clangorous an& road maintenance
work extremely heavy.
P.S. ATTENDANCE
AT RECORD •LEVEL
MacLennan, of •Seaforth, is: in.
Charge of an anti-rabies' clinie.
He is assisted by Dr. K. M Mac.:
Lerman, of Wingham and several
local people in clerical 'capacity.
The clininc opened' at 9,3a •this
morning and will remain open until
5 p.m. Those who are 'still plan-.
ring to have dogs and cats iinmun-
ized are asked to get them to the
town hall at once: The clinic
being carried op 'in the basement
of the building, entrance at the
rear, There ,,is no charge, for _the,
Vaccine-41W Which will 'protect pets
against possible infection and 46
Much to prevent the further spread
of rabies.
On 'Tuesday morning the two
veterinarians held a clinic at Blue-
vale and in the-afternoon at Gorrie.
Tomorrow (Thursday) a clinic will
be held at Blyth in the morning
and at Walton in the afternoon.,
The clinics are sponsored by the
federal Department of Agriculture,
Health of Animals Division.
There is ,no longer any doubt
about the rapid spread of the
rabies epidemic, in this region.
More than a dozen rabid animals
have been destroyed in the sur-
rounding townships and new eases
are being reported every day. Many
of these are at present awaiting
report from the testing laboratory
at Hull, Que. This week a certi-
fied case was reported in East Wa-
wanosh ,Township and another in
Ashfield.
Owners of • domestic pets are
urgently requested to take this op-
portunity to immunize their an-
imals against the disease, which
not only' threatens the animals
themselves, bpt also poses a great
danger to •both children and adults
in the area. '
must be strictly adhered to., The
by-law forbids the construction, of
any ,building or addition thereto
with materials, which are not an-
proved. • Application for permission to set
up a'trailer as living quarters With-
in the town brought forth con-
siderable discussion of the entire
trailer' question which has been ••
vexing councils for the past four or
fine years.- As, a result, it was de-
cided that no further permits will
te issued for trailer residences un-
til such time as 'a proper location
-can, be secured. It was ,suggested
that this might beein the foram of
trailer park, *here sewage, wa-
ter and lighting- services could be
provided for -e pre-set monthly fee.
Permits for trailers at' present 10-
cated tvithin the tawia , not be
• ken ewed. ' eet- ea.; et
Blinding permits .for •new con- •
straction totalling $20,000 we're is-
sed, These will cover the 'erection
of two new homes and an addition
to' a, store: •
R. S. Hetherington. was -re-ap-
pointed as the town's eepresenta-
tive on the Wingham District High
School•Board, •
.The 'clerk was asked to write
Canadian Pacific Railway, Belting
that the town be permitted to. in-
sure the buildings on the property
which the railway has stated it'will
deed to ;the theta ' '.;
After ,a discussion about; the cur-
rent rabies epidernic•and -the dan-
ger of dogs, running at large Which
could. very*easily become infected
by the yirus, an amendment was
made to 'town by-law No. •1255e de- '
mending that• all dogs, • cats and
household animals be 'confined from
running at large until further 'no-
tice. Under the present regulation -
such 'animals must ate confined eor
the entire year.
In addition, council addressed a
resolution to the Huron County ,
Health Unit, asking that similar
legislation 'be required in all muni-
cipalities in the county,
The matter of holding• 'a' clinic
at Which dogs and eats could be
vaccinated was discussed at length'
and as a result of the council's ef-
forts following the meeting, a clin-
ic was called for Wednesday, De-
cember 10th (today).
.LATVILIFFORII, DELL` LKE
The fourth annual meeting-of the
alumni of the London district Con-
ference Y.P.U. was held in the
Florence United Church with 80
young people from Toronto to-De-
troit attending, A full afternoon
and evening program was enjoyed
by all.
Registrar was Deo Suziki of Flo-
rence, and the worship period was
in charge of Thelma Crysdale of
Brantford. A musical program
was followed by a banquet in •the
United Church dining hall.
After the toasts were proposed and
a Sing song led by Mrs. Lorainne
McLachlin of Blyth, Mr, Beneon
Sutter of 'Clinton presented a pul-
pit Bible to the Florence Church
in memory of the late Clifford
Kelly ,who passed away two years
ago, Mr. Kelly was student min-
ister on the Florence charge. The
Bible was accepted by Deo Siziki,
teacher of the Young People's
class. Rev. J. D. Woolatt offered
a word of prayer which was fol-
lowed by singing Clifford Kelly's
favourite hymns,
Rev, Gordon Butt pronounced the
benediction.
The above from the "Dresden
News" refers 'to a son of Mr. and
Mrs. William Kelly, Belgrave,
P' R..,,
' The Wangnam 'Sportsmen's. Club
held its annual meeting and
,
elec-
tion of officers on Monday evening
of last week,
During the meeting general busi-
ness was discussed and anew club
house erected on the club's im-
proved range is the proposed pro-
ject for the new season, •
Beginning at the new year, the
club will spbesor NRA instruction
classes, a course in safe handling,
of firearms. These classes will be
open to all those who have not
previously •had hunting licenses and
are interested in obtaining such.
The $50 cash prize was won by
Colin Campbell.
The officers for 1959 are: Past
president, Ernie King; pres.,. Ab
Nethery; vice pres„ Terry Nethery:
sec., Bob Wood; treas., Bob Walsh.
Percy Willie is in charge of re-
stocking streams, Ernie King was
appointed as public relations chair-
man with "Slim" Boucher enter-
tainment chairman and Brian Met-
calfe, inembership pchairman.
The next meeting will be held
the,firs). Monday in January at the
Legion Home at 8 p.m. Films will
be shoWn and lunch served. It is
hoped that all members will attend
and the club Will welcome any
newcomers- who would like to be-
come members of the Sportsmen's
Club.
To Retarded School
The Wingham Kinette Club met
at the home of Mrs. Len, Craw-
ford , on (Monday evening with all
members peesent. Three visitors
and one former member, Mrs. Vic
Loughlean, visited the club.
A donation :of $100 was voted to-
wards the Wingharn and District
School for Retarded Children. MrS.
'Maurice Stainton won the lucky
draw, Christmas carols were sung,
accompanied by Mrs. Bruce Mac-
Donald. The history of, each car-
ol was read by, Mrs. M. ,McCarter,
There was the usual exhcange of
Christmae gifts, followed by lunch.
Ohn Hanna
Presents Trophy
^John Hanna, M.P.P, attended the
dell Club Achievement meeting
held in the South Huron District
High 'School at Exetee on' Friday
When several hundred were in at-
tendance.
Mr. :Hanna presented his• new
trophy for champion 4-H Swine
-Clab showmanship...• for Huron
County, The trophy was won by
Kenneth papple of le.R. 5, Seaforth,
This IS to be, an annual'' event.
CONCERT AND DANCE
pupils of S,S. No, 10 Kinloss will
hold a Christmas concert and dance
in Whitechurch hall On Friday eve-
ning,Dec. 12 at 8.30. Lunch will he
provided. Tiffin's orchestra." Ad-
Missioh'50c. F10*
ANNUAL CONCERT
the 'Pupils of Glenannan public
school will present their annual
Christmas concert on Thursday,
Dec. 11 at 8.15 p.m, Lunch and
dance to follow. Admission 35e'and,
15c, F10*'
SNO BALI, DANCE •
-The. Howick Lions Club aimual
Sno 13all will be held Friday, Dec,
26 in the Wroxeter community hall
with Elliott Carruthers' Orchestra.
,TWo door prizes; one drew 10.30;
Other lucky draws. Check room,
Mitch booth. Dress; optional. Adm.
50c till 10.30, 75c after 10,30, '
F10;17;24b
PUPILS ON M'LADY '
Pupils of Mrs. Norma Alexander
from Grade II of Win,ghtem Public.
School will present a fantasy, "The
Mice Have a Ball" on M'Lady,
CKNX-TV, Friday; December 12 at
3.30. FlOb
CHRISTMAS CONC'ERT--
*Istnrias Concert will te held
tat' , 9 TurnberrY (PoWelf Sehool)
on Monday, December 15th at 8.15
p.m. Admission, adulta 35c.
FlOb
ODIWELLOWS BINGO
Annual Fowl bingo held in the
Celdfellawe Hall. Lench supplied
after Binge. 20 tegtilat genies and
five specials. Come all 'and bring
your frieads, 8.30, Dec. 11th. FlOb •
W1tOXE'!'ER •kviat ROARS
Stores Will be open all day 'Thera-
clay commencing Deeernber 4, Open
Wednesday nights until Decerriber
31st, alaig IVIoriday nand 'Tuesday
nights, December 22 and 28, Stettes,
Will be closed Boating Day; Deeerne'
bee 26; ' , 3,10-171e
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DEPARTMENT 0 AGRICULTURE
BEEALTII OF ANIMALS DIVISION
NOTICE
BIES
AN ANTI RABIES VACCINATION CLINIC
WILL HE HELD AT WINTRIAM
REAR OF TOWN HALL
Wednesday, December 10
9.30 A.M. TO SAO P.M.
This Service its offered Vree of Charge by the
Canada. Department of Agriculture and All
Owners are urged to present their bogs and Cats
for vaccination,
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AND THEN THE NOW CAME—In ease yoit left f or tioriala before the first of this month you may be
interested in knoWing Past what you arc missingat h mine, the pale plettire above 'wee taken on Wing
ham's mane Street on Monday; Deeenaher ittlia• Isis tar ei snow Continued to pile AM; Tenni never have it ao
geed at Daytona tteathi,d-AllVandiAllinta potbai
'Donate Cash Prizes
For Best Windows
The Ladies' Auxiliary to Wing-
ham 'General Hospital held their
December meeting in the Council
Chamber, with the president, Mrs.
N. Cameron, presiding,
During the month, 295 articles.
including sheets, towels, adult
gowns, nursery supplies etc., were
made by the sewing groups. In
addition, new drapes were made
and placed at the windows of two
rooms.; and quantities of mending
done. This all added up to 160
hornet 'of the women's times, Ready
made , necessities, such as wash
cloths, bath 'towels eta, to the
number of 260, were pittchased
and placed an 'the shelves, ready
for use. It was decided to add 50
bath blartkets to the disaster
supply cupboard.
in November, around 80 people
Were treated at the cancer clinics
at the hospital. These clinics are.
held twice a month and refresh-
ments are served by the auxiliary.
It was decided to sponsor the
deeoretion of Windows at the hos-
pital for Christmaat and to provide
cash prizbs flit there, Money Was
voted to purchase Chrietreas 'decor-
ations for, the inside of the hos-
pital.
The •rtext, .tneeting was planned
'for Friday January O. This is the
annual Meeting and all Women in-
terested iii the hospital are wired
to attend,
'Following the approval of both
the minutes 'of the NoVember meet-
ing and the December accounts,
at the regular meeting of the publiC
school board on Monday evening,
Principal T, S. Beattie presented
hie report, Mr, Beattie said that
the, current attendance at the
school was 499 children, and for a
few days at the end of November
it had reached 503, which was an
all-time high in the school's history.
During last month attendance av-
eraged 97.5 per cent.
Secretary-treasurer Mrs, R. Mor-
gan, in her report to the „board,
said that the November cash bal-
ance was $7,710.49, and with the
municipal' levy of $22,500.00 now
turned over, total cash balance for
the month amounted to $30,210.49.
Debenture payments were $14;936.20
and ordinary expenses, including
salariee, amounted to $7,14/73,
making a total of $22,079.93 which
left a balance of $8,130.50, from
which will be deducted further
December,aeceunts as they are re-
ceived,
The board discussed at some
length the problem of getting work
started on fire exits in the old
building, with the result that, plans
were ' made to have at least two
exits completed during the .Christ-
mas holidays. rche first to be built
will be in the two Grade II rooms.
On motion of It Wild and R.
Bennett, Dr., W: A. MaKibbon was
re-appointed' as the public school
board's -representative to the Wing.
inure District High School Board.
On motion of H, Fuller and R.
Bennett, D, Murray Was 'instructed
to make arrangements for the pur-
chase of a snow blower attach-
ment for the school tractor,
Chairmen Scott Reid noted that
the suggestion had been made by
members bf the local council, that
the County Library unit should
service the school, In the discus-
Sion that followed it was 'Pointed
out that the Conainunity was alp
ready ,Nerved 'by an excellent li,
brittle and the need ter the services
of the county unit was not' as
Inaperiant As it would ebe in the
ease of country schools. 1-Revel/en
the principal Mr, Beattie, stated
that 'he would look into the 'Matter
after the first of the yeerd
6 A AT Wnottilaiit
Santa Will `visit Wroketer on
Saturday, December 29, at 1.30,
There will be a Pictiare show and
treats' for all the Ohlittireti,
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