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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1959-07-01, Page 1ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By The Pedestrian Succs,5141in Rusic.g.xciti(s • • SPORTnMEN'S MEETING • The Wingham 'Sportsmen's Club Meeting will be held in the Legion Horne, Monday July 6. All mem- berg are requested to attend and bring your •friends, Fib , . PRESENTATION AND DANCE A presentation for Mr. and 'Mrs. bayid McKay nee Marjory Foxton, at the Hall, in J3litevele, Friday, S July 3rd, Wilbee'S orchestra will hit 'in attendance. Ladies pleade bring lunch, Everybody Welcome„ Fib Mrs. Bruce . MacDonald has re- ceived Word that four,of her pupils We're successful in passing piano examinations set by the' Western Ontario Conservatory of Music. GlorianReed and Jane bay who tried the grade two •examiriations both 'obtained first `cla,Ss honors standing, ann Sandra Cameron and Allan Leggett passed the grade thnee exaniihations with honers„ , DANCE, CANCELLED •The dance at Wroxeter July 3 has teen taneelled. There will be • dance in Wrotteter July 17, Ken Wilbee's Orchestra, • Fib amination 0$01ti. Are nnounced at High School List June Promotions at Ingham Public School acity Gathe aras Presentrawn • With which is amalgamated the Gorrie Vidette and Wroxeter Newo WINONA*, ONTARIO, VVEDNRSPAY, JULIE 1st, 19159 SINQI.Z PIES S PRIZE WINNER-. Winner of a.$500 speeial bingo' at Teeswater last week was Vie ^Pierce 0 Wingham, The Bingo Was sponsored by the Lions. Club to start a fund for the new filtra- tion system recently • installed at the swimming pool. 0 - 0 - 0 NEW REGULATION-- Meetly& lst '411"theee Who accept remuneration for giving driving instruction must be licens- ed by the Department of Trans- port. Appligations go to the Li- censing Branch, Parliament Bldgs., Toronto, 0 - 0 - 0 MID-WEEK HOLIDAY-- With Dominion Day occurring 'on a Wednesday this year, some of the A-T readers may get their pa- niers day, later than usual. Pub- lication was at the usual time, but `not` all post offices were operating on.the 'holiday, 0 - 0 -.0 Crowds were thick at the Turn- berry 'Park on Sunday in the midst of: the heat wave, At ,one time there, were over 40 cars parked nearby and all the picnic tables were in use. The park committee has .corirPleted 'the bath'' hetise, dn'd now plans to install a hydraulic ram at a spring on the south side of •the'concession road to supply water for drinking and in the bath .house itself . 0 .1 - 0 QUIET HOMES — Many homes •in' town will be a bit on the quiet, aide for the ,next .few weeks, with sons and Ilaughe ters *departing •for camps all over the province, both military and otherwise, The 'cadet course start- ed in the local 'armouries on Mon- day morning as well. ENGAGE/1*NT Mr, and Mrs. Angus Grant, of Middleton, N.S., wish to announce the engagement of their daughter, Shirley Helen, of the RCAF station, Aylmer;. to' LAC William: Francis (Red) Boughton, Of the RCAF sta- tion Ayliner, Son of Mr, and Mee. Len nreughten, Teeswater, Ont. The .marriage will take place on July 4th at the RCAF chapel' at Aylirier, CIRCULATE PETITION FOR CIA. VOTE. A petition; directed ,to' the sec- retary of state for Canada, „asking for' a vote for the repeal of, the Canada Temperance Act is being' circulated in Huron County. • Sponebring the Petition is a group which•hasaneein setnup• as the' Hun. ron Citizens 'Legal ,Control Corn- mittee, ,heacied by Joliii.,M.,Innek-, ins ;,mayq of Goderich. ' • A:petition under the C.TA..te7 thensignaturea of 25 per cent of the eligible voters before submission to the secretary of state, Provided that this and oth- er legal requirements can be met; the vote would have to be auth- orized by order-in-council, The committee .hopes to have the plebis- cite set for October of, this year, Regulations, governing this elec- tion, in Which all country residents o'er 21 'would entitled -to' Cast ballots, are e those which .,apply MISSIONARIES ARE WELCOMED TO' MUM A special service was held in the Winghani United Church on Sun- day • 'morning ' when Rev. G. H. Hammond and Mrs. Hammond were welcomed into the congrega- tion to be sponsored by this .church for work in the Overseas Mission Field, This was ie response to a request froni the Missionary and Maintenance Committee of Wing- hint United' Church that the church, be given a missionary in the Overseas Mission Field, who would be under their dare and their .special responsibility, Rev, T, G. Russel. introduced a federal by-election. ' . • If the voters Of the County in- dicated by the required' majority, the desire to set aside the Canada Temperance 'Act,' -the Lidnor Con- trol Act of Ontario woindautomitti ically become the.prevailing law iris Huron. GRADE •IX FIRST CLASS HONORS: Coultes, Murray 94.3%; Martin, Gwendolyn 92.9; 'Strong, Alex 91.1; Tiffin, Hilda 89.9; Cruikshank, Julia 89.8; Van Denkersgoed, El- bert 89,5; Griffith, Deanna 88.8; Callan, 1?ennle 88.7; Strong, John ii8.7; Bennett, John ,•88.3; Wight- man, Anne 88.3; Lapp, Betty Ann 87.9; Stephens, Evelyn 87.9; Mer- rick, Beth 87.8; Mactnennan e Sandra 87.7; Conn, George 87.3; Krug, Barbara 86.0; Rowe, Sandra 84.5; Halliday, John 83,0; Cardiff, Anne 83.6; Elliott, Kitten 83,5; Craw- ford, Carol 83.1; Gurney, • Jean ARM BADLY CUT AS BOY DIVES DECIDE To REAR livERAANic , IR COnirriittee• of citiglIS,-"which. includes several .members einnthe 39Wit entirwil, has• been inventijate Ing the. possibility' of undertaicing. improvements along. the Maitland Rivet. While ,the water level IS clown: nee to repairs and remenninber the eintC,PoRe 'bridge, It was 'decided en Monday aye. hing that the job of cieaning , hp the foreshore :from the Howsen dam' to the McKenzie bridge; and If,PC'snil?la to the Rid treAte ,0.191110 • be started at once, Plans, if approved by a full meet- ing of counicl on Monday night would include a 'bulldozing opera- tion , to remove the roots of water plants and the snowing and level- ing of the land adjacent to the river bank. The object is to im- prove and 'beautify this stretch of the river so that • it could be used as a picnic area when new grass is established. The cost of the operation will in all probability be ,shared by the town, the Berry Door Co., Ltd., ,and several individuals who are anxious to see a start made 'on a proper park and have offered to contribute, ` Work is at present being 'done on the Howson dam to permit the replacement of boards in the flood gate and so allovV• the water level to be raised. to its normal positien. For some years -past the, river, level was lower than• 'it should': be because the control 'gate was so .badly in need' of•'repair that the boards could not be kept in place. Thirteen- Confirmed At St. Paul's Church Rt, Rev. George 1V, Luxton, Bish- op of the 'Diocese of Huron, was in St. Paul's Anglican Church here on Sunday morning,' when ;the re0- tor, Rev. C. F. Johnson, presented 13 candidates for confirniatiip, the ancient rite of the laying on of hands for those who are about to assume full responsibility as mem- bers of the chtirch. Min, 'Gordon Davidson was at the organ and' the choir rendered the anthein "Neater to the Heart of God". Staff 'bear- er for the bishop was Thomas Wil- kinson and lVfetleOltia McKay acted as server. Those confirmed ,Were.; Brian. Douglas Harold Metcalfe' Itonenn Metcalfe; Kenneth DoWnie, navies` Helasic, AlmaJane Elliott, .Marilyn Higgins, Anna Mee Metcalfe, Faye Yeo, Mrs, Christina O'Gorman, MrS. 'Herman Metcalfe, Mrs. RObert nowsell, Mrs: Connell„ In his address Bishop ' Luxtont said that, this' is "the. year of the Bble't in the, Diocese of Huron, when all memnees .,of the Anglican faith are being asked to undertake dally,Bible readings with the guid- ance of booklets which. have been prepared, for the purpose. He ern- phasizedto tnacandidates that the Bible is• end will ever be the guide to faithfin Christian endetnigur. 82.8; Spry, Douglas 82.0; Jardin, Paul 81.9; Verbeek, Alex 81.2; McDonald, Allan 81.1; McDowell, Donald 80.9; Reid, Jane 80.6; Mc- Lennan, Murray 80,2; Moore, Muriel 80.1.; Madill, John 80.0; Connelly YVonne 79.6; Grant, Phyllis 7814; .Hardie, Neal 78.4; McBurney, William 78.4; Jeffrey, William 77,7; Thomas, Gerald 77.7; Chamney, Sandra 77.5; Henry, Wayne 77.5; Fortune, Douglas 77.2; Louttit, Carol 77.2; Skinn Glenn 77.0; Ferguson, Lynn 76,9; McGlynn, Darcy 76,9; Beecroft, Janet '76,7; Cook, Nadine 76.2; Roots, Carolyn 76,2; Smith, Rae 75.9, * * *. SECOND CLASS HONOURS: Dickert, Ronald; McTavish, Don- ald; Morland, Donald; King, Mary; Conley, Carolyn; Troupe, Doris; Helen; Whitfield, Don- ald; Deitner, karen; , Morkley, Lucille; Moffat, John; Roots, Nik- olas; Snell, Marvin; McRae, Allan; Schunlacher, Gary; Clark, Dawri Lue; Lee, Donald; Yuih, James;' 1Yr/when, Bruce; traskins, Gwelda; Tiffin; Joan; Tenpas, Wilma; Nes- bit, Mary. * * rITITIRD CLASS HONOURS: Jones, Jean; Byer, Ethel; Riley) Sandra; Bateman, niOnald; Green- away, Karen; Teniplettin, Gary; Smith, Nancy; Struthers, Eileen; Ritchie, Marilyn; De tong, Ger- trudie.; Ireland, Robert; Hyndm0,11, 'Gwen; IvforreY, Margaret; Hey- Wood, Patricia; Torthey, Mauna 1-01'1111; Currie, Berry; Kieffer, Georgirtita' McGee, Helen; Wright, .June; Thompson, SluirOn; Harris, Leone; Davison, ViIitynb; Hellinger, eleni ,Sewers, Brian; Paulin, Margaret, •(,Pleast turn to rage Eleven), SCHEDULE SET FOR RAILINER SERVICE The new diesel raiiiner which is now operating on the Canadian National 'Railway 'line through here has created considerable interest. However, there has been some con- fusion as to its time of departure, The following is the schedule of the new service, which has knock- ed off an hour in travelling time between Wingham 'and Toronto, The car leaves Wingham going south every day' except Sunday and Monday at 6.35 am. On Sun- day it leaves at 06 p m., instead of the Monday morning departure, and arrives back at 9.56 every day except Sunday. All times are Eastern 'Standard, so you have to add one hour for current daylight saving time. Also still running on the line is a mixed train which takes pas- sengers. It leaves Wingham on Tuesdays, Thursday and Saturdays at 2,14 p.m, for the south. It anak- ee the run north on the same days at 10 am, All times once again are Standard, CAR TURNS TWICE THREE IN HOSPITAL Principal Presented Before Departure W, Stanley Hall has been, the recipient of several gifts during the past couple of weeks, prior to his departure to Simcoe where he will take over his new duties at the opening of the fall term. • The Students' Council at WDHS presented Mr. Hall with luggage. Boys of the industrial •arts class gave him a chair and the staff a nri-lite lamp, The bus thivers nria:de the presentation of a pen and pencil set, The Lions' Club gave Mr. Hall •a brief case on Friday night as a parting gift, KINDERGARTEN TO GRADE I Carol Angus, Ray Archer, Ruth Ann Armstrong, David Balser, Jane Bateson, Diane Bauer, Rhon- da Bell, John Broome, Julie Burke, Patricia Cantelon, Wayne Carter, Jimmy Casemore, Gail Cooper, Tennis Deyell Glenn Dundas, Sally Lou Elliott, Candice Foxton, Barry Gardner, Barbara Gainey, David Gibson, Nancy Guest, Randy Hafermehi, Maureen Hanna, Julie Hilbert, Leslie Hilbert, Jean Hun- ter, Ka-ren Hastings, Jean Irwin, Marlene Jamieson, Steven Lang- ridge, Luanne Lavergne, John Leitch, Nancy MacAuley, Brad MacKay, Adore MacLean Gerald Marks, Robert McGee, Teresa 'Mc- E tiiounce Winners Of P. School Awards Wingham Public School official- ly closed its doors for the sum- mer season on Friday and will re- main closed until. Sept, 8th, the day after Labor Day. At Friday morning's ,session Principal T, S, Beattie announced award winners for the year's work, The Marlon Inglis medal for the highest marks in Grade VIII on the year's work went to Kathleen Hodgins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hodgins. The, general proficiency award, donated by the Lions Club of Wingham and awarded to a pupil selected by the staff, was won by Philip Adams,' son of Mr. and Mrs, Alton Adams. Debentures Sold For H.S. Addition Mayor R, E, McKinney announc- ed on Monday that the Town of Wingham had' sold its issue 'of de- bentures which are being issued to cover the cost of building the ad- dition to the Wingharo District High School. The issue totals $225,000 and was purchased by Gaindner, Son and Co,, Limited at $98,62 with inter- est at six per cent. The offer was the 'best of twelve bids, When the sale has been approv- ed by 'the Department of Municipal Affairs the council will give the necessary 'by-law a third reading. Guire,v Nicola,s Meurs, Carl Mow- bray, Jarst Msyk, Jane Ann Neth- ery, Judith Ohm, Bonnie Pellet, Janet Pocieck, Ruth Ann Headman, Judy Scott, Denise Seddon, Doug- las Selling, Nancy Seli, Robert Shaunessy, Barbara Skinn, Connie Slosser Jacqueline Stone, Leslie Thompson, Douglas Thomson, San- dra Tiffin, Anne Welvvood, Marie Whitby, Frances White, Marion Willie. Teacher—Mrs. Vera Elliott, * * GRADE I TO GRADE U Kenneth Aitchison; Joan Ben- nett, Bryon, Brooks, Joan Burchill, Wendy Crewnon, Davey Helen Crompton, Ruth Ann Currie, Carol Davidson,, Brian pnyelle.Maryer-inn. Fon-thin' 'Melee Henry, Lyle, 'Ann Hickey, Tommy Irwin, Gail Ir- vine,, Leonard Johnson, Gloria Lewis, Susan Major; Brenda Mc- Taggart, Cathy Miller Beverly Pocock, Steven Pocock, Karon Rae, Kenneth' Rae, Matt Richardson, Brian Skinn, Teacher—Mrs. Colleen Robertson, * * * GRADE I t6 GRADE II Brian' Barrett, Kenneth Burns, Esther Chettleburgh, Janice Carter, Dianne Caslick, Barbara Dauphin, Frances Ducharme, Kevin Dunbar, Ann Ewing, Mark Fisher, Billy Fuller, 'Paul Getty, Debbie Gibson, Debbie Grose, Jennifer Henderson, Barbara Hetherington, Billy Hon lenbecke Joe Kerr, Susan Kreger, Linda ,Lockridge, Peter MacCarter, Trudy McGuire, Vicki Rosen'hagen, Sandra Seddon, Steven Sell, Billy Strong, Paul Templeman, Marilyn Tiffin, Michael White, Teacher—Miss Agnes Williamson- (Please turn to Page eight) There Was 4 capacity audience of between nine hundred and a thou- ylnet41 the districtni. on egdstne:sd highas-ny .and evening c Ioeoi t awards by the North Huron• Safe- week for: the presentation of ,ldit parentsor The prizes were •awarded to those public school children in •the town 97-tif rWnbillegrrlir MaZist,hGerleY°71EsaisitiPWs ao-f wanosh and Howick who bad Iner- [Led the high marks in a. safety examination tried a few weeks pre- viously, ' In top place, and winning a Part- alble television set was eleven-year- old Mary Buchanan of S.S. 12, Grey, Record players went to the fel-. lowing:. Marilyn Campbell, No, 5, 'Morris; Pauline Smith, No. 3, Mor- ris; Douglas Proctor, No:5, Turn,. berry; Gail Henderson, No, Turn- berry; Sheila Henry, NO. 11, East Wawanosh and Bullett; Alex Iram.- ilton, Gorrle PS, 'Lynda `Rea.vie, Wingham P,S.; Cheryl. Scott, Wing ham P.S.; Donald MacDonald, U.S.S, 4, Grey; Nancy Gowing, SS, 10, Morris. Portable radios were awarded to; Rose Wightman, SS, 17, East Wa- wanosh ,and Morris; Jim Adams, SS. 10, Morris; Mary Craig; :S,S, 8, Morris; Mary Jane Slosser, Wing- ham PiSe Jane ICrauter, 11, Grey;Glpria Jean Lutz, S.S. 6, East Wawanosh; Elliott ;Cullen, S.S, Grey; Marian Youngblut, S.S, 11, East Wawanosh; Cheryl Haskins, S.S. 15 and 3, Howick and •Carrick; Johnny Geertsina, 13, East Wa- wanosh. , Certificates of merit were pre- sented to thoSe pupils who had mexaadmein7ao 75 .piertent or over 'in the Vaughan 'Douglas presented the coltitifidatee 'arid na'n'tininnitiennt torn CICNk,• while the' 'special-'speaker of -the 'evening, George Henn 'pre- sented the prizes. M. Ham:is dir- ector of children's activities for the Ontario Safety'League,'. The program for the evening was under the direction of Pro- vincial Constable "Bob” leenele, Who has carried out •the manor portion. of the organizational work in the project for the past two yearn ENGAGEMENT .• Mr. and Mrs; Lloyd Ashton, LucknoW, announce the engage-•• • ment .Of. their daughter, Beverley Alberta, to Mr. Donald Campbell Thompson, eon of Mr. and Mrs. Campbell 'Thompson, ' Lucknow, The marriage will take piece eitn. Saturday, August let, 1959, at 2.30 o'clock in the United' Church, LucknoW, Ontario. ' Fl* Wed Forty Years Fan.) ily L Celebrates On June 25th; Mr. and Mrs, Geo. H, Cotilter,• Patrick St., celebrated the occasion` of their 40th Wedding iinnivergary. The event was mark- ed on ThitradaY eftermenn and eve- ' ming 'by• the visits of several relit, tives and friends. • e On Saturday 'evening, June 27th, dirinein was 'held in' the banquet hall of itelgrave, United Church. 'the, room was, testefully decorated with streamers, Wedding bells and baskets of summer flow- 'eta. The bride's table was centred .with a three-tiered wedding cake flanked by white tapers and red and . pink roses. `Present, with all Members of. the immediate family, were 14 grand- children and one great-grandchild, • Following the meal the ',wrest§ ga- thered at the residence of.Mr. and Mre.:, Coulter where title • couple Was presented with a gift from, the ZNOAGEMENT Mr, and Mrs, Wilfred Schwais of Port Elgin anneeincee the engage- rhea of their daughter, Pauline Grace to Mt, John 'William. Ken- nedy, Son of Mrs. George KermedY Mid the late Mr. ICetintly of Bel, 0, more, The Marriage Will take . Place on 8itturday, Jtily '4, 1959 in Sacred Heart Churth, Wingharn, at 3.6 Mr, and Mrs. Hammond as the of- ficial re,nresentatives of the church and said that now they belong to us and we belong to them, ,lie then received them into cliiirch mem- bership and C, W. Lloyd welcomed them on behalf of the M, and M. committee and the session of the church. In his sermon Mr, Hammond told of his decision to enter this Partiatlar, line of the Christian ministry and hoped that he would prove a very close Connecting link between this church and the Over- seas Mission in Eorea, where his work is laid. Mr. .Hammond Was ''ordained at the 1.,Ondon Conference in Stirnia,in June of this year, and Will knee for .Korea in' August, At the close of the church set- Vice retention was held when ape of the tongregation a an opportunity to Meet their new Missionaries, PRESENTS BIBLE—Dr. B. N. Corrin, of Wingham, is shown above as he presented a Bible to Miss Evelyn Hamiltone of Exeteie "Blossom Time Queen" at a district Youth for Christ meeting at the United Chnrch here last Saturday' evening.—YFC !photos by Canteloin Local Doctor Will Go to North Bay Dr. A, D, McMurchy,, 'who has been in partnerihip with 'Dr, W; Crawford for the past six'years, is leaving Wingham. in August and will, set up a practice in North Bay, • . Dr,. McMurchy, a, graduate of the University_ Of Ottawa, 'interned at 'Whitilieg 'and .Ottawa before coin- ing to-Wingham, • • .. Jencl.....M.ree • WrnIgnn,037' been, meinbers -of the Witighain`Une ited 'Church and" he was a; Member of Wingham .Masonic• Lodge. Both the doptor and hie wife 'have Made Many warm friends in. this community 1,vho. will sincerely. re- gret their departure, . Theodore Saint, eon of Mr. and Mrs, Fred Saint, Edward Street; received a nasty Cut On the birder., side of his arm in an accident at the 13owson dtitin on Monday, Apparently the boys who have been swimming at the dam had put up a diving beard and as Theo- dore dived from the plank his arm was gashed by the jagged 'end of a metal projeation under the 'Ws:, ter Several stitches Wete needed to' close the ;round and it ;wag, stated that •had the cut been freetion of an teeth dentier he might have 'bled to death ,from aL severed at. tery, The Water in the upper pond ,is Vern low at present as repairs ae being Made at the dam and the .pilings of the old C,P.R. trestle bridge ere being rhmoved„ ParentS Wotild be well 'advised to forbid swimming there Until the water: level has. bcert. raised, • FORDWIOH—Four pedple sur- vived without serious injury when the car in which they were inning turned over twice on the 6th con- cession of Howick Township, half a mile east of Fordwich, Miss Marylin Armstrong, driver ,the car, Miss Donna Armstrong and Miss Betty Duke were remov- ed to Listowel Hospital, Mrs. Ev- eritt Armstrong, 'the fourth pas- senger, was taken home suffering IrepeArniees .andeeheeki • Miss Marylin Armstrong required stitches to the head, She and Don- na Armstrong were released from hospital but Betty Duke was kept in hospital with a possible skull fracture. Dr, J. D, Forde of Ford- with attended the injured, juniors Hear Dr. McMurchy Dr. A. D. McMurchy was• the guest speaker when the Junior Sportsmen's Association met on Monday evening of last week. The gathering was held at the Associa- tion's property in Turnberry and the 'doctor addressed the boys on "First Aid as It Affects the Hun- ter", After Dr. McMurchy's talk half the club was taken to the ranges for firing and the other half was given field instruction. CONFIRMED AT ST, PAMS--Thirte,a candidates 'were confirmd into the Anglican Chiwelt here laSt Sunday iiieraing by Bishop Loudon of Landon, Bishop of Huron. The group included, front, left Bolted Metcalfe, Antis May Metcalfe, Marilyn Higgins ' .frane Elliott; Faye Yeo; cornier„ Mrs, Eleanor 1114601 , Brian Douglas, Mrs. Thclin 1.• „Rowsell, Harold liletealfe, 11Irs, 11farjorie Connell; back, Bishop O. Dixten, Kenneth liowitie, Mrs. hr stir b 6Ormaii, James lielnsio; Rev, C. V. Joltiaston, Actor of St, Paul's Ohutelt. —Advatiee-limes photo.