The Wingham Advance-Times, 1959-04-29, Page 1•
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ALONG THE MAIM DRAG
BY 'The VedeSITIan •
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AIUSJCG EESTFV.Me.
Foresters' Hall, Belgrave, 7jhurs-
day,' April, 30; 1959, arid Friday,
May 1, 1959, Morning sessions
9.30 a.ind afternoon sessions 1.30
Wingharn high School. Fri-
day,aVIa.y 1, 7.39 p,m. Adjudicator,
Mr. Ed Ferguson, Baden, •Ont.
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RECEPTION AND pitasiCE
'A reception and dance will he
held Friday night, May 1sta in
lyth Memorial Hall, for Mr, and
ea. Jack 'Kennedy (nee Lois Gil-
kinSon), Ladies pleaSe bring Hindi,
Everybody welcorlie, . F29*
DAXCE IN WROXETE,Jt
Dance sponsored by the 1-lowlek
Lions „Clab in Wroxeter Commun-
ity Hall on Friday, May 8th. Mu-
sic by the Midnight Ramblers.
Lunch booth. Admission 75e.
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AUXILIARY MEETLNG
The regular Electing of the La-
dies' Auxiliary to Wingham Gen-
eral Hoapital will be held In the
Council' Chamber on Friday after-
noon, May 1, at three o'clock:
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RUMMAGE SALE
Now is the time to start gather-
ing articles for the spring rum-
mage sale, which will be held in
the Wingham armenties on Satur-
day; May 23, under the auspices of
the Ladies' AuxiliarY to Whightarl
General Hospital. Anything can
he sold, lueniture, clothing, novel-
ties, hats, shoes, etc When doing
your Spring cleaning make up
box for the rummage'sale, 1029:0b
SHOWER AND DANCE .
In WIN:meter dornmunIty Hall oh.
Wednesday, Apr. 29, for 'Mr, and
Lloyd Lament (nee Shirley
-ndeMichaell. Wilbee'S Orchestra.
Everyone welcome. Ladies please
bring 'with, F29*
BOYS' 'AND GIRLS'
BAND PRACTICE
Patents and public are cordially
invited to attend practice of the
Lions Club Boys' and Girls' Band
under the direction of Batidinaster
George Wench on Wednesday, Ap-
r11 29th from 7 to 9 pan, Leech
Will be Sereed following the prat-
tiee, Some instrurnents are still
available for anYone Vile Wishes to
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ill•WAXINIMENT
Mr. and Mrs. SParling ,Yco Of
Wingham, with to lintletinee the
engagemerit of their eldest daugh-
ter, Gladys t lizabeth, to intr. Law-
fence ttabert, Sharpe, son of Mr.
d Mrs. Robert Sharpe of Walk-
torl., The Ma,triage will take plate
in Sadred Read Church,' Monday,
G ay 18th at eleven (Meek, 2P
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.About 200 Young People gathered
lit Wingharn Milted Church 031
Tuesday evening Of last week for
the liarowPresbytery Springaally,
which commenced with a an et.
DaVid Kennedyof.Brussels flay-
ed
,
the saxaphone, accompanied by
Marion Hoover, Ian Howes', of
Mr„roxetet led in a lively Ong:song
with Margaret Jarnieson.,as pianist,
Lloyd H011and Was in chargé of' re-
creation, .
chaired 'the business •session ;and
on b'ehalf 'of the Yobng
the PresbYtery' presented .Revi 'T.
G. Hasser with a Pulpit hyrnnary
in memory, of, the date 'Rev, Et:I
MacRae, who, was, very active in
'Young People's work` while inisior
• Qfficers for-the coming year:were
installed , by .Rev. Eustaee of sod-
erich, Yotmg People's Coiins4har.
The slate iS as follows: Fait pies.,
Ronald Steepe, Clinton;* Wes., ;Bill
Coultes, Brussels; vice-pres„,L16Yd
Holland, Clinton) see,, June
Londeaboro; treaa., Don Hein-
ingway,:Brussels, • • " '
Conveners: 'Faith and evangel-
ism, Stan, Johns, Turners; citizen-
`ship and cerimiunity serviee;' 'Geo,
Ri'bey, Dungannon;' missions' and
world outreach, Wilmer Errington,
Dungannon; stewardship and train-
ing, Bruce Delbridge, Exeter; re-
creation and culture, Marg Mach-
an, Wingham, asst„ Murray Hoo-
ver, 'Brussels; „publications, Maids
Steepe, Clinton; members at large,
Maurice Love, Jack Tamblyn, Gail
'Lear, Harry Lear, Helen MacLean.
Rev. Evan MeLagan, Blyth, was
the speaker, the theme of his ad-
dress being "Have Life—Will Live".
Marathon Bridge •
Nets $300
The final game of the Marathon
bridge panties was held hi the coun-
cil chamber on Friday evening.
These partied are one 'of the Money
making schemes sponsored by • the
Ladies' Auxiliary to Wingham Gen-
eral 'Hospital, and are held in 'the
homes once every month Miring the
winter. Ali ,scores are kept and at
the end of the .season prizes are
awarded. These were presented
by tile' Auxiliary president; Mri.
D, Careertin.
. For the afternoon play the win-
ners Were Mrs. Gordon COdkin
with a total :qe-wre of 19,890 and Mrt,
H'. 'Burrell 18;640, The eve=
ninghonors.went to Mrs. Ted Eng.,
lish, whose score was 19,030 and
Mrs illuty :pry, having 1.3.,020.
Tile prize' for Friday evening
was Won 'by Mrs. Frank _Sturdy
while a mystery parcel was taken
by Mrs,. Gordon Gannett.
'These games, which include 02
women, add about $300.00 to .the
auxiliary funds as well as providing
social intercourse among the titian..
beta,
Health Improving
The many •friends of Elmer VSrll-
kinson, local 'businessman, will 'he
pleased to learn that he is slowly
improving iii health tater a log
illness dtitilig the winter,
MARILYN PUROON
DIES IN HOSPITAL
Little 'Marilyn Louise Purdon,
six-year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mien Athol Purdon of Sarnia pass-
ed away in Sick Children's Hospi-
tal; Toronto, early .Wednesday
Morning, She had undergone ser-
ious heart surgery the .day- before.`
Marilyn had linen in 'delicate
health since birth 'because of a
serious . heart ailment. On April
.15th she celebrated her sixth birth-
'day.
• She was :the youngest child of
Athol Purdon and the former Mabel
Wothergill, residents of Wingham
until two and a half years ago. She
is survived 'by her parents, two sis-
ters, Betty and Patsy and a bro-
,ther Douglas and her .gra,ndpar-
eats' Mr. and Mlia:-Alex' Pardon' Of,
Lack M now auld Mt and rs.' -Thee,.
Wii'erglif .13-6;Aiiiinii, 2464-awl:
'The funeral was held from the
J. Robb funeral home in Sarnia,
on Saturday afternoon at one
o'clock with interment in • Lake-
view cemetery, The service was
conducted by Brother Robert Dor-
an, of the Church of Jesus 'Christ
of Latter Day Saints, assisted by
President R. W. Jensen of the De-
troit Strike and brothers C. W. Hob-
day and Henry 'Schildknechn Da-
vid Grey sang a solo, "Not Now
but in 'the Coming Years".
-Pallbearers were three cousins,
'Allan Leggatt and Ronald Cleg-,
horn of Wingham and Bruce Pur-
don of Sarnia and a friend, Mark
Schildltneeht, Sarnia. The 'flower
'bearers were Dennis Purdon, Dav-
id Prahl, J. 'Suisse and Norman
_Withers..
Attending the funeral from this
-district were Mr, and Mrs, Alex
Purdon of Lucknow, Mr. and Mrs.
Gordon Leggatt, Mr, and Mrs. Jack
Macintyre, Mr. and [Mrs. John
Cleghorn, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil .Fal-
toiler, Mr. and Mrs, Angus Fal-
coner, Mr, and Mrs, George Tif-
fin and Mr: and Mrs, Calvin Rob-
inson,
With which Ile amalgamated the COMO Vidette and 'Wroxeter New•
worowvivx, .011T,1 1,10Q,,. '49,,,,t1tOtt WISTO1-40 PoP041--
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off Cour se to Officially FRANK .1111111„ HEADS
JONIOR SPORISMPI:
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Oti Monday evening 33 boys .ga-
thered at the OKNX building for ,
the flint regular meeting of the
Wingliam Junior Sportsmen's As-
eat-le-Nom One of the 'major pointe
of business 'was the election of of-
ficers for the new group,'which
resulted in the nailing of Frank
Weld mi preeident; Charles Camp-.
bell, secretary and Doug Haniliton..
treasurer.
Total inemberehin 'has been set
ut ;ifi, for 'winch there are Kane-.
_an Ontellte......4......ale.....TRe.n91
lime. No more memberships can
be accepted at present'
Tbe 'boys were broken up into
three groups and instruction was
given' In hunter safety by Slim
Boucher and Bob Lewis; spin cast-
ing by Don Hildebrand and fire-
arms familiarization iby Ken Carter
and Ron Bel), •
Conservation Officer Roes Worm-
worth was on hand and a prize do-
nated by him was won by Wilfred
Caskanette, A short film on trout
fishing completed the• evening's
program,
It was decided that the group
would meet every second Monday,
MARRIED FIFTY YEARS
REACIIES '414 Cinisftif
She did Ai George Cameron's -Pat
"Snooker" hrotigkt forth Another
-six kittens on Monday morning to
bring her aggregate total to 100.
Five of the small fry are already
gi :spoken for and' Ulla 'tithe *Gt,,'orge —
Ir says lie's going to keep one for
hireSell, As he pointa out, SIlenic-*
Er lsytgetthig any, younger •
CALL' TUE MOUNT'I'ES—,
There was quite a little scramble
arouncl a mail box near the public
school recently when smoke was
Seen issuing Axone it, The st1Ppe"
,sition is that aerrie youthful
explosives.expert dumped a fire'
eraeker into the, rrmull slot. AP.
parentiy he hadn't heard that tam-
pering; nelth the mails is a federal
offence,
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LIBRARY POVULAlc•-
0)1e of the junior grades from
:the local echool was touting the
library last week and it was found
that eo less than 20 of the young-
Sten were library card holders,.Ar
plication cards were handed out to,
the, remainder and owr of. the boys
Whipped right off imam after
sehool to get 'hie applicti.tion signed
and get 'back down to the library
for a supply of !books, There's
hope' for the younger generation
yet, '.
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MUSIC IN THE MB--
PILESENIrS TROPIar—Lorile Maddid, shown. above as he presentee! his 'trophy to way*, King,
captain of the Gotrie Midgets, Tri-qounty champs, Mr, Maddil who, resides in. Shelbiu'lie was a former .
GPIL agent at 'WroNeter, it; is the third year the tr ophy has been up for Venapetition.—Advante,,Thnes
pheto; •
Family Holds Dinner
For lames Wild
emory Rey7:. MacRae
The faroiiy of James Wild gath-
ered for a family dinner at the
home of Mr. and Mra. Harold Wild
on Sunday in tumor of his' 84th
birthday.
After serving in the capacity of
president for nine of the ten years
Ihnuswiteiln ./ L b
operating,
Wiigbam Coif Club
retired from the position on Wed-
nesday night of last week. Mr.
120Yd. has devoted a ,good dent of
.01)F04 this
period to the 'benefit: of tine `dill
and was largely responsible for
strong position today. Mr, Lloyd,
in his remarks said he bad enjoyed
the associations anti took a great
deal of pride and satiefaction from
the many accomplishments cif the,
club from the titan as a ,,c0W Pas-
ture to a well-kept, nine-hole golf
°twee. fife said that only ea-0P:i
erative Wort among the membeek
ship made it possible.
The annual meeting wan held 14
the council chamber's With about Isq
presant, Sucueediag Mr. Floyd aq:
prealdent is W, lereaeh, another;
charter member of the organiza4
Lion. Mr. Tereneh has served ins
various capacities through the;.
years, Of late he performed; the"
important duties of the club cap-:
Lain,
Also in the election of offieerai
Other positions were filled: Hon4..'
!Eery president, R H Lloyd; .firar
vice-president, Dr, 'W. A, Craw'
ford; second vice-president, Den
Nash-nth; 'treasurer, Frank Madill;:'
aeeretary, John Cruicarsnank; cap;;;
Win, Matt. Boyd; vice-captain; Jirn
Harrniton. Comi'nittee chafrintux
elented were; Greens, N. j..Vire14
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i:21,00 a : property and house,
Lloyd; membership, Harry Me4
''rlintin finance, Bob Hetnering4,
This is the season for singing,
With all the public school child-
ren warming up for music festivals'
the .homes in thy district are ver-
table arbours of sweet sound—as
long as the little beggars can stay
on key that la!'
IN THERE PITCHING—
Our , appreciatioa to the Girl
Guides of Wingham who are going
'to eollect pop . bottles and coat
hangers this' Saturday to aid the
siVirriming pool fuini. That is the
spirit that gets things done.
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The general feeling 'among club'
members was that 1958 had been a,
good year, although the OA was%
fatted 'with a lot of dry weather,',y
last summer. However, the club-
is 'in a satisfactory fleannial. posl-'
MemhershiPshows anntirin
ward treed Item Year to year;. pt'
-iiiiVrrteinbcr'S needeninCr '
hoped that many new members will
pin this year,
The official 'opening for the sea-
Son has been set for May 19 with
a club tournament and slipper to
follow. The amulet invitatibintour-
nament has been set for 15th,
on the Same fah% since they were
married.
They arc both lit good health and
are able to. !be be about the bouSe
fail.M wine)] is no...Y oPerate4
by their son and daughter-indaw,
:Mr. and. Mrs. James Stokes'. They
-_L1PYP dalighterti—
Haigh ."1.11tithr,',:':sth of Tarnberry,
and 'Mr's, Tiffin (Sadie) of Wing-
ham. 'They haVe five grandchild-
ren. '
Me. and Mrs. Omar Stokes, 11th
concession of Turnberry, celebrat-
ed, 'the 50th anniversary, of their
'marriage on Tuesday, April 21st.
The celebration' was hold at - the
home of their il 401).-in-Itian and
daughter,Mr, and 4ttra,
.teranens Street, when. a
farnilY.flinnnre,W.a.a.
Mrs. Stokes is the former" Elsie
Teskey and-lived near McIntosh.
Mr. 'Stokes has 'always lived in
Ternherry and they have'. residCd
DETROITCONVENTION
DELEGATES NAMED
Legton. Auxiliary
Holds' Final Eitehre •
The•Legien Auxiliary euchre was
held Monday 'night in. the Legion
home with nine' tables in. play. The
prize ,for the, high lady went to
Mrs, Patterson; high lady playing
as a man, Mrs., DeWitt ,Miller;
high Man, George Day. The door
prize went to Mrs, George Kerr.,
• As this was the last .euchre of
the season the Legion Auxiliary is
grateful to -all who. patronized the
parties tiering, the winter months
and express thanks. Lunch was
served at thd close. •
FINAL WEEK FOR
CANCER CAMPAIGN
About half the canvassers for the
Cancer Society campaign have now
turned in. their kits with the pro-
ceeds amounting to almost $600.
This is the. last week of the cam-
paign and it is expected that the
final report will be made . next
week,
People in Bluevide' will be inter-
ested .to know that rev, Neeley
has volunteered to canvass the vil-
lage, If Mr. Neeley has not yet
had tune to call on you, you could
assist 'him greatly by leaving your
donationwith him:
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FIREMEN WORRIED
BY FIRECRACKERS
Meeting oft Monday. ..»Ight, the
Members of the Wingham Fire
Brigade expressed grave concern
about the danger presented by
irresponsible. youngsters 'with Eire-
crackers.
• It was pointed out that several
small fires have already been start-
ed in town this spring because of
the careless use of fireworks - by
„children and adolescents, but so
far damage has been limited.
A town 'by-law forbids the use of
firecrackers until three days be-
fore the annual Victoria -Day ce-
lebration. ...The firemen pointed out
that there 'have been serious fires
in 'limey. nearby communities iii
previous years,' and they do- not,
want to see the same thing happen,
here. •
A sum of $100 has .been set aside
for the local swimming 'pool fund,
which will be held until the gen-
eral canvass for theniool is `started.
'ire practice and animal spring
elean-up has !been set for Monday,
May 11th.
During the months of Mareb. and
April the 'brigade was called out to
klevehlural and two town fires,
Mrs. James Currie,. president of
the Winghara Kinette Chin, was
hostess at the meeting held at her
home Monday night. Mrs. Calvin
Burke and Mrs. Max McCarter
were appointed delegates 'to the
Kinsmen convention which will be
held in Detroit May 15th to 18th
with the Chatham Kinsmen and
Kinetics in charge of arrange-
ments, Mrs. dy., Robinson and
Mrs. Robert Gutpell were named
as alternates.
Is Third in Blind
Golfers' Tourney ,
Harold of Hamilton was
third in the P,S, -blind golfers'
tournament held lit Petersburg,
Fla., on April 20th," Ile shot 104-
105— 209, ,
Canada made an excellent alio:w-
ing' in the tournabient. While the
winner was an American, Phil-
Lederhouse of Prince Albert, Sask.,
was runner-up with Mr. Mitchell
third. Claude Pattemore of HAM'.
ilt011 tied for fifth place and Nick
Genoeise of Dundas tied for tenth.
Harold le a former Wirigham
boy, well' known to residents of
town, He is a son of Mrs. Mitchell,
Josephine St,
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The club 'voted to present a much
needen high chair to the children's.
ward of the Wingham Hospital,
Several of the members volunteer-
ed to assist in serving chocolate
Milk 'to the Brownies on cookie
day, which will be held on Satar-
day, May 9th. The Kinettes, who
sponsor the Brownies, were also
in favour, of paying- all long dis-
tance calls of the Brownie leaders.
After the business was completed
many of the members, who will 'be
attending 'the ronventioh, worked
at their eostumes. The next meet-
ing will be held at ,tile home of
Mrs. Mery TeMpleinan.
Attend Meeting
RELGRAVE CREDIT tiNION
'e Belgrave Cro.dit Union office
will tie open Tuesday evenings in-
stead of afternoons for the attin-
mer months, b-720b
cOILEOT F"()Zt
SWIMMING POOL FUND.
The firstWM gham. Girl Guide
Company will be collecting pop
bottles and coat bangers on Sat-
nrdny, May 2nd, the money to go to
the' Swimming Pool Fund, Please
Have an your don anent!. ready at
your front dour on Saturday min ,
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In Toberniory MINSTREL eiflOW —
DON'T MiSS the Wintsliam
Lions Club :Minstrel Show, 'Wing-
ham town hall Tuesday and Wed-
nesday, May 12th and '13th, 8 pax[.
Proeeerta go to the Lfons welfare
Week, Admission adults 750, child-
ren 200. Tickets now on. Sale and
May, be reserved -Without charge
at McRibbons Drug Store. 2911
PARK BOARD HOLDS
SOCIAL AT ROYAL T
Turnberry'a last Park Fund
euchre of the season was :held at
wthaes FS'vegryYlileiiTeO;ansfiFil,11w6aitYli „.43'14ghtath.leist
in • play. . • •
Ladies' high and second prizes
went ,to Mrs. Ted Gituley 'and Mary
Lou Moffat, with men's, prizes go
Mg to 'Perry Nethery and. Frank
McCormick, The door prize was
won by Reuben' Appleby and the
draw for the blanket by Alex Pet-
rie, Lunch and dancing followed
the euchre. . .
The people of Tune:berry, are
grateful to Bob arid Mrs,. "Honper
for donating their hall and their
time' to help make this party `Sueh'
a; success.
Mr. Wild is a veteran in the fur-
nitere. manufacturing business. He ,
first worked for London Furniture
and later,for furniture concerns' in
Woodstock, Ingersoll and Toronto.
In 1.904. lie came to Wingham and
joined. the Walker & Clegg firm
He. has been employed with Pry ex
131aekhall for many years and' et111
goes to Work half-days. His .son,,
Eiratn. g randaenn Jim; .,41.74
with the •saMe- company'
Attending the celebration on
Sunday were Mr, and Mrs, John
Gaskell, Mr, and Mrs. Fred Hazel-
wood -and Mr: and Mrs, Stafford
Churcher, .all- of London; Mr. acid
Mrs. Bdb.Moort and Lynn; Heather
and Randy, Mrs. Earn Wild, Allan
and Doug of Petrolia and Mr. an'd
Mrs. ,James (:Bild) Wild of. Sarnia,
John 1Bateson, commander of
Zone Cl, Canadian Legion, Don
Adams, distriat membership chair-
man and George Brooks of Wing-
ham attended a Zone C4 meeting in
'robot-hairy on 15taiday,
Frank Doherty Of Tara, tome/an-
der of Zone C4, ehnited the meet-
ing, Speakers ineincled Dominion.
President Dave OurgeSS; Col. Rider
and bra Crawford of DVA, London,
Scotty Porbes; Western 'Ontario
Service 73ureau 'Officer, London
and George Inglis of tchnorc, Pro-
vincial Service nurean chairman,
not damaged. Lost 'in the blaze Were 500 month-old turkeys, 'as well
as the equipment honsed the building. Loss was eStimittcd tit
closes $1,000.00 and was partly eovered institanee. A neighbor
of Mr, Laidlaw, George Finley, tinned in the photo,
SkOttl!SMCN'S MEETING
The Wingham Sportsmen's Club
meeting will be held In the Legion
Hall, Monday, May 5th. All mem-
hers requested to attend and bring
your friends,
500 TUREENS LOST—Wirighain firemen, were Called to the faro Of
:Robert E. Laidlaw, jast'Vvest of Winglinni at 12410 last Wednes-
day, when, a brooder loose took fire, prohiilily howl a faulty brooder
stove. Fortunately there was very little 4tviiiitt and While the shall
building could net be Saved, other Structures 6106 to the fire were