HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1959-01-28, Page 1STRATHROY MAN
BUYS PURDON STORE
During the past week William
Gordon,' of Sti'athrey, Purobased
Purdon's, Ladies' and Children's
Wear In Wing/nun, , Mr, Gordon
'will continue to operate his pre-
sent briskness in Strathroy as well
as, the Wingham store, He as-
sWales•eharge of the new' business
on February 2nd,
WOMAN. FOUND
ALMOST ;FROZEN
Miss Dena l eKenzie of Lucknow
was admitted to the Wingham
General Hospital in serious condi-
tion after neighbors had found her
lying on the floor of her home
nearly frown and only partly con-
scious,
-Miss McKenzie, who is 62 years
of age, had not been s seen since
Friday and where neighbors no-
ticed on Monday that there was
no smoke ,issuing frpen the chim-
aey.of her house•they notified ve-
le° and the home was entered. She
had'apparently been lying Sor many
hours with no heat in the build-
ing;
Idea ,condition is described by
hospital officials, as "only. fair",
FOUND DEAD IN BED •
GORRIE--Norman Charles, a
farmer on the Howiek-Walleee
Boundary, was found dead in bed
Monday morning. - His wife was
with him, very seriously ill; and
was taken to the Listowel IvIemor-
ial Hospital,
A post mortem was conducted by
Dr. J. L. Peniston .of Stratford
Ceneial Hospital-to ascertain cause
of death, Which is believed to have
occurred on Friday. Neighbors
investigated when they suspected
something Was wrong.
A brother, • Lewis, Charles, was
called from Listovvel, who came
and entered the house, Livestock
at the barn•had slot been fed, Two
brothers, Walter a n d Herbert
Charles, live at Gerrie,
Mr. Charlea was 54 and with firs
wife had moved to the home in
Howiek about 12 years ago, Pre-
viouslY they resided in Manitoba.
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OMFINlS INSTITUTE :EUCHRE
n the council chamber, Friday,
anuarY 30t1; at 8.15 iiiiiirp. Ad-
mission. 50 cents. Everyone wel-
OeinC, ' F28b.
14,0101 OF ANisitiAi.
Take notice that the annual
meeting of the ShareholderS of the
Wreketer Telephone Co., Ltd., will
be. held ,in the Town Hail, Wrox-
eteri..on' Friday,' Jahuary '30, 1959,
-2.311'-gAn.' for the purpose of
eiecthigsie, board of directors and
ihreaCtitMg• such ,basinesS -that may
u'
o,hrcinglit before the •sharelfelderS. p28b
IRECIP4sFOR M' LApy
!':.Tlifrit,-Glena Johnston' of Gorrie
vlll ,i,deationstrate a recipe on
CKNX-TV on TireSday:
• February 3rd,' Our stndio. audience
thai.day, will include members of
the 'Gerrie Women's Institute.
Program; time 2.30. ' F28b
F,RP011r IVEETING
,AT„TOI,a7N HALL ,
organizations and individuals
in•Wingham and district, whether
or trot they are Menthol's .of the
.fecal Film Council, are aSked to
Meet.- at' the council ,,,tharnber on
Wednesday evening,:
i'lit3(rtilAiSenas ways and lneans of
OtiSint,Mciney for the purchase of
trIrofeetor. The machine current-
fly in :tee' is on loan and has ,to be
igetitthed soon. , Ualesa sa machine
purchased the "advantages
offeeed•• by the ROM Ceiineil wilt -
be+;ldst to tlie,communitY, 'F2128b
iilbtliATION AORICtitittitU
A, hfoetitig of „the , Township
ilUrnberry Federation' of Agricul-
titvrvi be held hi Gilmouris
teitOiiroo Thuts4ay, January 29,
'iitfitki• Pan, This is an important
sineetiiie,t0 , fainters- in. Turn-
berry to arrange and. appoint tan-
Yesaera to Make /toren County tr.
"Briteellotie free area, interested
fanners please attend this meeting'
show 'your interest in your
.FederatjOii of Agrintilthre. F28b
tiN$614.4iONIECNt , —
'MN and IVO& 'red smith, of
1100k06f, wish tb ariamined the
Ortlage of their ditOghter,- Norma
tel Me, trues Votiitorrierk„
,pf; Wrexeter, the ritartiage to take
pit' a SathrdaY, :Fabled** 't,• at the
„boos ot.the bride's PllC iitt#r ,ntib
With which is amolganukted Vied. ette WrOXeter N
JANIALCY 28i IOW W.111011Abli 0.14TAILIOF WED,
caner enet.w
oviick B40._ Burns.
ALO 0 , THE MAIN' DRAG
,tok, Th. ,pedestrian
R0144;01JT Trix, Bmut:EL.,
., T,frear, l'oeiir firemen
crgpt'ed,g goed deal of fen over a
gueSeiag .game as tai' when the
spring:, break-up. would ^take place
apn,' the, Maitland. To mark the
eventsa-colored bairel Was pleced on the lee of Howeonte. pond end
ifeketeeffere 1044' the,•••intiny per-
loneWh0, Wanted to, hazard a guess
iktiont „the. time it would go over
the Thew are repeating the
404:again this year and the fonds
so raised will be turned Over to
• the. fund :for a eveimming pool in
it '0 •• , 0
• ANN*, (4'NT YOUR
irtea have a meeoperlY en fox.
hunts? ).e'rhaps, What 'about the
lady who looked throUgh her kit-
Chen, window ,and saw Reddy in,
itei•garden. She grabbed a gun,
aimed; And one more fox Went to
the .:happy hunting ground
O's, 0 • It
Enoat HOttilAs-•
•.:TheiWilighani. and District Re=
tarried' Children's' AsSeeicition ro-
c:01W•teceivect •a donation of $50
fir*the'TQWnsilip of Morris. The
other toWnshiP councils in'tbis ills-
tri4'.h4Ve also been contacted in
this 'regard. r"
DANCE IN WROXETElt
A dance will he held in the
doinrimility hall on Friday, Janu-
aOth. Music by Carruthers
10i0tie. Lunch „booth and enech
rodtn r in" the hall, Admission 75e.
T, ,T, Schaefer of near Fordwieh
on the fourth eeneeasion of Howe
ick suffered a heavy, loss on we-
day orthis week when his large
barn containing a large clnant0
of hay and straw was levelled by •
fire,
Mr, Schaefer and his wife hurl
left at 2,00 p.m. for Kitehenerand
the Wingham fire brigade ree.
ect the. cell at 3.15. Mr, Schae4r •
stated that he had no idea 'home'
the fire, Started. everythiv •bitcl
apparently been alright when he
;left fme. He had been in the
barn at 0,00 a.m. feeding his ,pigs,
The loss2iS Partly ebyered by in-
surance. '
The' building Consisted of 'the
main barn, which was 60x50 'feet
and a: smaller straw shed 20100
feet: The barn was filled with hay
to the •'extent 'of 10 'or 80 tons and
some 1400 bushels of grain. Also
lost in the blaze were a, self-pro-
pelled combine, .a hammer mill.
trailers scales and grain augur. The .
owner did not have any cattle In
the •building but a number of pigs
and five sows add their litters
were destroyed.
The alarm was sent in: by a
neighbor, but, by the time the local
fire fighters• drove to the scene
the building was beyond saving.
However, the brigade stood by 'to
protect the driving shed which
was situated nearby, and the faint-
fly residence.' Fortunately the
wind was not blowing embers to-
ward the house.
Mr, Portion Purchased the store
from Norm'an Welwoocl seven.years
ago,' However, in the interval he
entered' the contracting business'
'in Sarriia and *IVO' his. Wilily, to
that 'city. Previous to owningsthe
dry goods , and. clothing, husioess
Mr. Purdon was the proprietor Of
what is now MacIrityre's 13akery,
Seafortli Doctor.:Speo,14
n Trip the 'the blaze after the large structure had collapsed. The. Wingham
Fire Brigade attended, but the buildingwas nearly in ruins when they
arrived.---Advance-Times photo.
FORDVVICH "FIRE—The large bank barn owned by T. J. Schaefer on
the 4th Concession of Howickp a Mile south of Fordwieh fell- victim
to fire on Monday afternoon. • No, estimate of the, loss , was Available,
As Mr. Schaefer was away at the time of the fire. The picture shoWs are followers of the . Buddha or
Shinto faiths, or both.,
Dr. McMester, of Seaforth,
was the guest speaker at the
meeting of the local .LiOns Citib
held in the United Church base-
ment, on Friday evening, He was F28b County Council Moves PARK COMMITTEE
TO SPONSOR FMB
Mrs. Wm. Dawson
Was in 105th Year
A:resident of Wingham foe" al-
Most 60 , years, Mrs, Ellen Jane
Davison, died on Tuesday of last
week ,at the Mason Villa, Private
Hospital in London. Mrs, Daw-
ion had celebrated her 104th birth-
'day, on May 24th, 1958,
o -Hold Five Sessions
•AND DANCE:
'ithe telgrave Wainen',s: Institute
will sponsor a euchre and dance on
Friday, February .6th ,at
in the- ...FoTester's' HO- Lad les
plenae bring Ihnob. Adniiesidn'50(3. •
at Gilanottra School, The Minutes $37.00'for Brownies
Farming, said the speaker, is
carried on in an ,intensive fashion,
with .not a square inch of arable introdueted by? Dr, W. A. Craw- ,land wasted. Average earnings.. for ford, first vine-president of the insedrlid 'workers range from
club; who also presided over the nigh of $80,00 per month to as low
gathering, in the absence of the as $20,00,
president,
• September, of this 'year Dr.
kelVfaster attended, a inediee1 con-
ference in Tolcy.p :and went 'on to
Nisit other countries in'the• Orient.
He spoke.of ,the immense value of
travel as a, means' toward; better
,understanding between, -rapes,- and•
'described a, Lions Club meeting
which •he had attended, in Tokyo,
The City is one of the largest in
the, world, with a population of
nine' million' 'people, increasing at
the rate of a quarter Million 'each
year. He told of the congested
traffic and the strange mixture of
modern' architecture and shack
dwellings, ' "..
One or the things which had irri-
After his talk. Dr. Mckaste'r
were elected as,..follows:
A ''Sfie`rWas -botn-lit
TOWiiship in 1851, the eldest datigh.:.
ter of "Edward' ' C. and. Margaret
Hudgins Logan. Her 'father was
r The annual meeting of the. Turn-
berry Park was held January 19th
Hullett Township will .be Tepree of the last anmfal .meeting .wete " , seated by a county warden for lithe read, followed by the financial NORMAN CHARLES titne.,#2,reeeayears. stateinciit. The Officers for
KineitesR4ise:'.
Mrs, 'Maurice ...Stainton. !held a
.euchre her,,lhoine
Wednesday eVerting. when 29 were
present„ with seven tables in play.
The euchre was one' of, several
to be held before February 14th by'
members of the Kinette , Club to
raise money for Brownie funds.
The proceeds of Wednesday night's
;party alriounted to $14;75.-
Mrs. George Guest and Mrs.
Ernie Lewis wen the• prlies for
'high scores and Mrs. Matthew Bell
won the consoiatiOnprize.
Salad plates.; sandwiches, coffee
and tea were served by the hostess,
assisted by Mrs.' Percy. Stainton
and Miss "Barbara Stainton:
MI'S. Freddie Ternpleman and
Mrs. Bruce MacDonald were host-
esses at 'a euchre on 'F'riday, Jan.
16 at the former's home when three
tables were' in, play and $0.75 was
raised for the ce.use. Winners with
high scores were Mrs. SteWart
Forsyth and Mrs. Don McKay with
Mrs. Ron Somers of Londern claim-
ing the consolation prize. Salad
Plates and hot rolls were served.
On Thursday evening Mrs. Cal
Burke, Mrs. Bob Gutpell and Mrs.
jaCk Walker jointly held a mixed
euchre and bride party at the lat-
ter's, residence. Four tables in
Jewiti, reeve or thaemunicipal-
ity, was elected On the setOnd
as cOtinty council Opened In.
Godericii• last week: ;tiefealed
Reeve Cecil Blake a of
Reeve Bailie Parrott of ito'iria
eliminated' en -the fleet ballot •
In his inaugural atictreSS the
warden warned that 'this year
would be a, busy one for the coun-
ty, since an addition to the county
homed a .buildilig preject the
county 'inurseum . are both-, under •
consideration, •
'New meinbers of, the `council
were introdueed;*.John ,Hereletson,
Hensall; Frank Walkem,,Goeterich;
Ralph Jewell, Celborne; .W. J.
Forbes; Goderfeh Township; Her-
vey Taylor, Stahley; Edward Gill,,
,Stephee; .Clarence .Manna,,; East
Wawanosh and Williarri Le Miller
and Melviii Ctieli, both of• Clinton.
Hold Mill Rate
No change in th6 comity mill
rate was predicted in the tents,.
tive budget submitted by the coup, 7 "I!
ty treasurer, It is expected that
the mill rate Will ,136 6.9 for gener-
al purposes and 6,5 for highways,
President, George Onderwood;
vice-president, Doug McPherson;
secretary, Don Fortune; treasurer,
George. Day; directors, Oscar Kief-
fer; ..We Paulin, Glenn Appleby;
Lorne :Metcalfe, Bill Mundell, El»
cared iCathers, E. Walker, Eiirl
Welts, Allan McGill,
DISCUgSiOn. of financing the 'coin-
ing year's work folloWed and it
was' decided that Ouelires shOuld
be held again, beginning January
30th. .
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WINGRAiktb.us. txiNcritt*
'The students' of the Wingham
District High School." Will'prederit
their : annual „Variety :Concert on i
Thursday , and Friday evenings,.
February 26 and 27, lb the School
Auditorium, ;There will be a more
detailed • announcement regarping
'-the programme later. , ..,F281)
Showea• colored privies taken in the
eourSe hi's ipeereyting trip,
The appreciation of the' elUb,was
fittingly' expresSed by ,Lion
Guests' at the. meeting were V.
.f. Platt of Tabor, Alta.,' Meer La;
tome' of Zeafor61 and Thigh Gage,
formerly 'of 'CKN,X, who delighted'
the Lions ' with two• violin selec
tions. Before he piayed, Mr, Gage
paid tribute to the iate 11,1r. Schatte
of Wingham, Who :had ,made the
violin Mr. Gage wes using, •
Lions T. A. Ourrie extracted the
fines in his capacity as tail twister,
Harold Victor Priv was at, the
piano and Harry MeArtitus acted
pressed the doctor was the tremon- as song leader.
dons number of industrial plants A letter of thanks was read from
in Japan, where one is seldom out -Michael McPhail, president of the
of sight of the buildings and chim- Winghain and DiStriet Retarded
neyi of factories. He said that the' Children's .Association; for a sec-
ond grant from the Lions Club of
$100,00. ,•
streets and homes are spotlessly
clean and that there is a. very high
level of education in the country
as a whole•He had attended a very
interesting dinner, where the food
Was prepared at the tables and
serVed, 'by geisha girls, Ninety-five
per cent of ,the population, lie said,
—Mr. Freddie Terripleman 'was -in
Toronto at the ititniture show , , .
from Wednesday to Friday of last
week.
Progress made last year was dis-
cussed and those, in charge report-
ed what had so far gone into the
park. This included a cement
'bottom on the river bed 75',x°100';
3,000 -Yards, . of fill, grass seed,
,fertilizer, :300 man hours of labour,
65 • tractor hours, 35 bulldozer
hours, picnic tables,' trash barrels,
and the partial construction of the
Kinsmen Raise $45.00
In Club Auction Sale
it
iVfain event at the regular Meet-
ing of the local Kinsmen's, Club
last Friday evening was an auc-
tion sale of articles .brought by
the members and sold during the
Meeting, The, proceeds, which
amounted to nearly $45.00. will be
'used for the spring eonveetion, Co
be' held in Detroit, in May, *
The meeting took the form of
'Vice-presidents' Night and was
chaired by First; Vice Sim Currie
and Second Vice Freddie Temple-
man, Kin Matt Boyd acted as
sergeri n t-at-arms and Paused quite
a commotion with his tom foolery.
A sensational new four-piece
band, known as the Four 'Kin, ren-
dered some strictly, classical mu,
sin which was enjoyed by all,
It was reported that the Wing,-
ham club will be represented at
the curling bonspiels at Stratford
and Listowel,
Following a general discussion
the, executive was asked to con-
sider the possibility of having a,
club member as it:nonlinee for the
office of District Deputy Governor.
Following the meeting the club
members were 'organized Into foams
for bowling at the local lanes,' Kin
George Stokes won a prize for the
highest individual score and a
prize for highest team. Wire Went
to Don ltae, to)) Gutpell, Jack
'Walker and SIM Currie. The boys
tarried borne valtitubie trophies for
their athletic aehieVerrientS,
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INQUEST DETERMINES
HAIN BY PNEUMONIA
a total of 13.4 mills.
Striking committee for thii year
was named as follows; Reeve Wile
lfam Morritt, Blyth ; Reeve Roy
Adair; Wingham; Reeve.W. 5, Mil-
ler; Reeve Ivan Forsyth of Tuelt-
ersmith and Deputy Reeve Alex
Mouseau of flay Township.
A letter from J, H, Neill, Huron
County Museum curator, asked the
lc:Pencil to consider the erection of
an addition to tile building on
North Street in Goderich. The
letter suggested a 60x62 foot addl.,
tion, ' at an `a.ppratimate cost of
$6,000, To show that he was in
earnest Mr, Neill offered to .erect
the building himself. The matter
was referred to, committee for ,
consideration,
Local reeves Appointed to stand-
ing conirnittees were as foltcrive:
Exoeutive, l3ailie Parrott; legisia.
tive, Jack Willits, Turnberry, Clan.
ence Hanna; finance, Arthur Gib-
soil and Harvey McMichael, Howe
telt; county home, Roy Adair; agri-
culture, Harvey McMichael, Jack
Willits; library, Bailie Parrott,
Clarence ttalisit, Arthur Gib4Onl,
equalization, jack Willits; health,
Roy Adair, Bailie Parrott, Joseph
Kerr, Wingiuut: cehtuitatiVe, 5,
Kerr; histerle, II, McMichael; elle
it defence, R Adair.
Delay County Heine
, surprise development took
shape. When the :county 'Connell re-
Cltiested the nouitty home commit.
(Please tur.1, to Page TOM
Plaitrialg ;for the coming year
gave . Priorliy to 'completing and
'equipping th6..bathhouse, planting
shrubs and trees and 'installing
playground equipnient as lax as
funds will 'allow. The meeting
then ii.djourned,
as :pioneer school teacher ins that.
township“
Followine:14r marriage 'to sWil-
limn Dawson,* the 'couple. farmed 'in
KinlosS 'Township and later retired
'5''. tcrWingharn. Mr. Dawson died in bath 1.retrae.
:January 1919:
Mrs, 'Dawson was a member of
8, Paul's Anglican Church while,
she:resided here and was active
in ,the work. of the, church` until
this 'ease netted $9.00, for the about 12 years ago. She lived 'in
Brownie fund,. Mrs. Lillian Un- her home on Shiner Street; itow the
derwood won the• high prize in residence of Mrs, Irene :Johnston,
bridge 'and Mrs. Freddie Temple-. until about three and a half years
man captured the prize for high ago, when she went to the Mc-
score in euchre. The hostesses Cormick Heme In London, •
served a salad lunch, * Her only survivors are severs,
Still another party was • held on nephews and nieces,
Saturday evening When Mrs, Ivan *I0itileral service was held on
Gardner sponsored a mixed euchre, Thursday with the Very Rev. R. C
with both men and women being Brown, Dean. of Huron, officiating
present. There Were three tables Interment was in St, John's Cc-
'with $5.00 being received for the rnetery at Arva, °Marie.
fund.
,Other members of the Witigham New Year's Baby
Alr InqueSt was held at Wing-
ham 'on Monday to determine tin,
cause of death of Charles Pearce,
84-year-old Wordwich man, who
was found lying on the street in
that village on the night of Jan-
nary 10th,' Removed to the Lis-
towel Memorial. Hospital, he died
the following Thursday.
Presiding at the inquest was the
coroner, Dr. 'W. A. Crawford of
Winghain and H. Glen Hays, Q.C„
county crown attorney, of Coderieh,
Was present. Farming the jury
were Don Xing, S. aert Graham,
haroki Pollock, Crosby' Sothern,
t'larl Moore, all of Forrlwieh.
Evidence Was fit/Witted by Dr,
D, Porde, jack Wilson and Rob-
ert Sanderson Of Ifordwieh, The
jury coneinded that 'death was due
to "hypostatic pneumonia arising
from a fail 'on the street." They
Were linable to determine whether
the fall was Oeekeieried by physi-
cal ihtirmity mishap.
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kindle Club will be holding sim-
ilar 'parties in the next couple of
weeks,
TO . ntiLli ANNUAL
The annual Meeting of Kees
Presbyterian Church, thleVate, Wilt
be held on Friday,Jail. 30th at 8.30
P.M. for the "traiiseetion of general
busineaS, the cleetiOir of board of
managers and elders, Ladies pietist'
bring lunch. ' F28b
SERVES OF *, tiettitts
TO AID FUND
Again this year Turnberry resi-
dents are sponsoring Mielites le
'aid of the Tiirlibetry park. • The
first euchreS will be held at Xir.
tort's and, Gilitiones schools on
PeidaY evening, Jan, '90th, at 8.30.
Mine 'out arid meet the ',friends
you Made at the park hist summer.
Vigi34
Mist; *lean troas, 'pins Miss done Iterr's cap in phiee lit the eitro,
jilliigoeteliirtnileS• held at the Whighain General Hospital last Wediries,
day. Mire. COOSS itt the histructer fair the 1l0-month eon* for Certified
AttirSing: AssiStafits, Adyiritee,Thicies Photo.
In London Hospital
Bradley Paul, infant son of Mr.
and Mrs, Gordon Cerson 6f Tees-
waterd Underwent an operation at
St. Joseph's Hospital, London on
Monday morning of this Week, His
condition is reported as Witte-
factory; .
Bradley Was the first baby bbril
ilit, 'Winghtt n ni General hospital i
S. A. MtirraY received the
sad news on Wednesday, of her
nephew, Elmer Chilton being kill-
ed is' a, oar accident three miles
&tat of Aden ori his way'home
front Work at 'Melton Airport. Me,
and Mrs. Patti Vanstorie and Mrs.
Gordon Iterr attended the Itineral.
whielt Was held on Saturday from
the Hattistoil funeral hob%
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