HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1959-09-30, Page 1MOLE COMB
Harold Foster, of Barrie, govpr- W, A. CrawfOrd presided over the
nor of Lions Intarnatinthal District meeting,
1A-9, made. hi,s•-offiejal vialt, to ;. the „ Introduced Past, Diatriet .D,epa
Wingham Lions Club cal Friday uty Governor Hugh Carmichael;
eyenlng as the group met at the Mr, Foster painted a' graphic pier
Queens Hotel, Lion President. Dr, ture of the tremendous ferce for
Constable 'Bob Lewis'
Buried Alive, Child Reicued
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Billy Newell, ,eighteyear-old son friends, who started digging a
of Mr and Mrs,• Harry Newell of Cave in the 'wall. Billy was bur-
Galt, was buried gar 20 minutes on led completely 'and Alf Orton, 10,
'Saturday when the side wall of 'an was buried up to the waist in the
collapse but managed' to wiggle
free.
It is believed that a steel stake
beside a foundation form, which
provided an air pocket, saved the
youngster from suffocating. Res-
cuers dug, frantically into tons of
clay and :pulled him out with only
a few scratches. Mr. Newell, Mr.
Orton- and a pasaing motorist suc-
ceeded in releasing billy,
Mrs. Newell is the former Beat-
ride Forsythe. Mr. Newell is a
brother of Mrs, Sperling Yeo of
town. They lived in Wingham un-
til moving to Stratford a year agO,
and only last August took up re-
The boy was playing with seven sidence ,in Galt.
excavation for a house collapsed.
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WINS AT KITCHENER—Al Cherny, left, well-known CKNX artiat
won first prize in the novelty fiddling contest last Saturday at- the
Kitchener Auditorium James Flannigan, London, right in the photo
won the open Mass competition.—Kitchener-Waterloo Record Photo.
ADMIRE.:QUAUTI OF
WINGRATit•TURNITUR
SUNOCO'S ELIMINATE
MOOREFIELD NINE
With which is emaloameted th. Gorrie Vidette and Wroxeter Nws
WASTOKAM, ONTARIO,, W4liNESPAlpro ,SViagmBEH 30 JAW
MRS, DAVID KENNEDY
Is 97 TOMORROW
TWELVE. IN, AREA:
SERVED BY 04. ALONC'THE MAIN* ORA°
By The Pedestrian
activities will wind up
at the local golf course this (Wed-
nesday) evening with a, banquet in
the club house. Club winners will
A, receive their troiiirdes,
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ChernY came '6ii•Ough at the
Kitchener • Fiddling Contest over
tki0 week-end with first prize in
' novelty. class and second in the
openclass.
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rPS COMING1-* — '
'A SPP4 many people in town have
been wondering if the main drag
is going to. be resurfaced this year
or not. We .oOntiaCted Pon Na-.
,chairinan of the Public
Works committee of the council
and lie stated that the' new surface
Will 'definitely' be put • down thiS
And the near future. The
enrfticing.worh Wee delayed to al-.
-low time for new curbing to be
- This latter operation
will .widegh the street..-at man?
pOints, The 'serfage work will be
a t*o-layer asphalt •coating that
will average abottt four inches,,,in
depth.*
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GENEROUS MOVE--e
Wingham, and ,pistriee. Aseocia-
tion'for Itetarded.Children is grate-
"Ico the Wingham Kinette Club,
whOse menabeis decided, at 'thelr
meeting-on Monday- • night to.pay
the telephone bill , for the Golden
• Circle. Sehool. This is 'the name
by which the school will be knOwn
henceforth, t-'
BAND OONOBBTL
The Whighana Lions Boys', and
4 • .
Awl. presented a concert
ti2oin. the band "Stand at the town'
park on 'Sunday evening under the
leaderstilp o't BandriiiSter, George,
Wdikeb, There was a fairly good
NEW GADGET
.Something new' has bean added in
the .way of ga,dgets 'at One Jocal
firm. It is a deVice that turns an
ordinary telephone into a loud-
Speaker. When in use the phone is
bet on as cradle of the outfit,,which
pick's , up the incoming conversa-
Aion, and amplifies it so •that any-
one in the room can hear. As well,
toanSwer, you speak in a normal
voice; as much 'as five feet from
the set,. which in turn amplifies
Your "re ply for the telephOne trans-
Mitten with the result that the
Party calling in can hear as well
as if you were talking directly into
the phone, Just goes to show---,
that there is always something new.
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HOW'S YOUR RUSSIAN?—
' There has apparently been some
fun going' on in various circles, in-
- eluding members' of the teaching
-profession, with the spelling of the '
laSt. name of the Russian leader,
Nikita Ks. Can you spell his
handle correctly without looking it
up? Most people seem to fail
when they. try—including , yours
truly, as he was preparing last
week'S editorial column, He's
smartened up since then, however',
or e s u
vice to Others
It Bkieir Stileiliuit AT IIELiteolUt
Turkey supper wilt be served in
belmore Cotrantinity Centre Wed- II WINS AWARIJP.oul Coyle, forester -Joiltneyinitii, 'With the Ontario
nesdaY O atohar 21st,.at 7 PAL Ad' *tied, Whighirni Branch, is shown above, et/Orel AS he %iia presented
ttlte $1,25, Children See, l'8011413 with a Suggestion Okla Award ehoeue by thirty MacArthur, manager
THANKSGIVINGr SERVICE
Trinity Anglican Church, Bel-
grave, will hold its' annual Harvest
Thanksgiving service On Sunday,
October 4th at 2.30 p.m. The rec-
tor, Rev, R, F. Meaty, will pieach,
Mr, 'Walter Pickforcl, Wingham,
guest Soloist. • F30b
410 SPORTSMEN TO AtEBT
The .regniar meeting of the,
Winghitin Sportsmen's Association',
will be held in the• club house on
Monday, Oct. 5th at 8,30 p.m.
All inetubers are asked to Make an
effort to attend as the club is bad,
,ly in need of aid, Won't we,, see
you 'Monday night? F30b
ottnatin StBlIot '
Canadian Order of Foresters are
bolding a church "service in the '
Wingham tlriited Church on Sin-
day, bdober 4th,, at stand,
and time, fteV, Russet, nigh
Chaplain, Will be the guest Speak-
er, • :F23-30 4
DANCE IN WilITECRUItCH
Dance in WhIteehutch Memorial
Uhl/ On Friday, October 2hci; 19
pir., Music by :h'arrier's orchestra,
Proceeds for hail tCams. Lunch
tountek„EVerYOrle welcome. Ad,
MiSSion 50e, P234,911
Mrs, David Kennedy of White',
church will eelebrate her 97th
birthday tomorrow, Thuisday. The
celebration will take" place quietly
at her home.
Born near Seaforth, the former
Jane Fisher, daughter of the late
Mr, and Mrs, Peter Fisher, 'she
IrlOYed -to the Whiteeireheh, Com-
munity, when Only 12 years old,
She 'married. David Kennedy in
1882. Her husband died in d937-.
Seven of her eleven -children are,
living. They are Alex of" Winn
peg David ef Victoria, BC., George
of ,Whitechurch,
t
Mra. Harry Tich
botne (Agnes) of Goderich Mrs.
Lorne 'Dwain (Jean? of Lucknow,
Peter, and Miss Annie 'Kennedy,
who live with their pother.
Mrs. Kennedy,has 11 grandchild7
ren, • '22 great-grandchildren and
three great-great-grandchildren.
'She 'has always Leen • active it
church and community affairs and
still is keenly interested in these
events,. She is a member of the
Presbyterian' Church
'01..OSINO'NoTicE, - •
Store's in Wroxeterhvilithe closed
,WednOsdasanaglita-afteraOctober-let.
Untirinrther notice. F23:80b
TURKEY SUPPER'
AT BELGRAVE..
A turkey supper will be, held in
the Belgrave Community Arena on
Wednesday, October 14th •at 7 'p.m.
E.S.T. Tickets may be purchased
from any Belgrave merchant,
F307.14b
RECEPTION IN BELGRAVE
Reception to be held in Belgrave
Community Hall 'on Friday, Octo-
ber 2nd for Mr. and Mrs. Keith An-
derson (Jean Irwin). Music by
Tiffin's' Orchestra, Ladies please
bring lunch, • F30b
AUXILIARY MEETING
-The, regular meeting .of the La-
dies' Auxiliary to Wingham Gen-
eral Hospital will be held in the
council chamber on. Friday after-
noon, October 2, at three o'clock,
Plant will be made for the fall
rummage sale. F30b
FALL RII1IIMAGE SALE
The Fall Rummage Sale sponsor-
ed -by the,Ladies' Auxiliary to the
Wirigham General HOspital is being
held in the Armouries on Saturday,
October 17 at two o'clock. This IS
the time of Year, when women are
delving into their cupboards and
cleaning out the attic and the
basement, So, do not forget to
pack a hex for the rummage sale
and get rid of those unnecessary
articles. Gather tip furniture, clo-
thing, , diahes, novelties, anything
you cannot use we can sell at the
rummage sale, Oct, re F30b
BRIDGE CLUB TO
OPEN FALL SEASON
Members of .the Wing-ham Bridge
Club will.bcgin their fall anti Win-
ter games this week. Any persons,
interested in joining are invited 'to
the first Meeting at the Recteation
ROom in the Firemen's Hall en
Thursday evening, October 1st at
o'ciock, F'301$
HARVEST TEA AND BAKE SALE
Harvest Tea sponsored by tife
Catholic ,Women's League will :be
held Wecineaday, Sept, 30th, In the
Legion Rome. there will also be
a bake table and draw, Everyone
weltenie. 1'30b
The Wingham Scouts 'will be ,out
in Full force on Saturday in 'an ef-
fort .to Olivet as much money as
neaSible for the Canadian National
institute for the Blind, Residents
of Wingham and shennhrS in town
will be approached to. pureha.ge
tags, the proceeds going toward as-
slating the blind. •
Letters have been sentto house:.
hOiders asking tor contrtblitIon's.
If there is anyone who haS been
missed, you are reminded that all
donations will 'be gratefully tic-k
cepted by the eh-airman for this
,area, John Brent, Wingnarn.
There arc over a dozen unsight,
ed persons being served in this
area at the present time. The
C,N,I.13, has a three-point program
---residential; recreational and re-*
habilitation. '
Home teachers are a great help
to the unsighted. Miss Lambie Of
Hensall covers this district, visit-
ing 'the homes, teaching Braille
and-drafts, and' helping "the blind to•
beCorne adjusted., In cases where
housevvife has lost her sight, the
home teacher helps her to become
efficient in managing her tasks in
cooking and general hqiisework.
Replacement officers train men
for various *las, find work for
them and then help them -to adjust
to 'their new poaltions. They also
teach them how to get to and• from
their Work. -Henry Land of. To-
ronto is the replacement• officer
here.
Annual picnics are sponsored and
'a, banquet is held once a yepr in
Gederieh. Two ten-day camps are
held -at' Ancister 'Camp, where, ac-
tivities are many and varied, Stu-
art Henry 'of W.-Ingham was' the
editor this • year for the .camp pub-
lication, The Camp Echo, a newsy
little magaiine, full of -reports on
activities and good. hurnorecl
" The . task of becoming rehabili-
tated:Is, In most capes, a difficult;
-transitionci:'..*Our,-dentributiOn
ken help .to make It easier. Don't
forget to send„-yout ,donation and
buy a tag on Sittutday.
Provincial Constable J,' J. Lewis,
who has been with the Winghairi
Detachinent of the Provincial Po-
lice since June, 1953, has accepted
a position in North Bay. "Bob"
will, commence his work, in Charge
of the news department for CKGN'T
TV on. October 5th. Mrs, Lewis
and their two, children will remain
here for a few months.
Bob -has been actively ,interested
in the community since coming to
Wingham, He has served as an of
Neer with the 99th Battery and waa
responsible for carrying out the
Civil Defence project. He haS
contributed to traffic safety In the
area through this newspaper, radio
and television and originated a
traffic safety course in the schools
of the district. Many 'children re-
ceived awards following written ex-
ams on the course,
He has -also taken a keen inter-
est 'in the Wingham Sportsmen As-
sociation and helped to organize
the Junior Sportsmen's Association
and one of its most important pro-
jests, a course'in hunter safety -and
the proper use of firearms.
' 'Provincial Col-ratable- Ron
who has been stationed 'here for
some time, will' remain with the
local detachment, It is expected
that Constable John ParkinSon of
the Goderich Detachment will be
the replacement and will arrive
here the Middle of October.
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Hold Surprise
House ;Warming
Mr. and „ltIrs. Wm. P. King, who
moved from the Wilkinson apart,
ment 'building last Saturday to
their, new home on Boland Street,
were pleasantly surprised the same
evening. when friends gathered for
a housewarming.
The group, 22 couples of the
-Couples' Club of Wingharn 'United
Church, met' at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Lovell McGuire and
arrived at the King home shortly
after ten o'clock, They presented
nilr. and- Mrs. King with a picture
and a social time was spent, which
included a tour of the •new house.
Tlie ladies supplied lunch.
peace and human welfare which is
wielded by 'Lions Clubs through',
sant the,werifi. TotaLlneniPerAil,112,141
Lionlmn now stands at 14,537 clubs,
Forty-three new Clubs were char-
tered in August alone, 818 in the
past year, .,Among these was a 39
member club on the continent of
Antarctica,
As a specific example of the ser-
vice Lions provide for humanity,
die governor told of one of the
world's Jeading eye surgeons, who
has given up his private -practice
In :India, devoting his full. time,
with out charge, to the Lions'
sight-saying program. This man
performs up to' 360 cataract-remov-
al operationa In a single day.
The Lions, in India have also in-
augurated the program whereby
unused spegtacies from America
are shipped to India free'Of
charge for the use of persons who
Would otherwise never be 'able to ,
afford glasses. These are only two
of the tremendous projects under
way 'in that country, where Lion-
ism was -first organized only seven
years age,
Avenue for Peace
Three years ago, said Governor
Foster, a' gtoup of Japanese ex-
pressed a desire to organize a Lions
Club. At their own expense the
presidents of two clubs in the Phil-
lipines traveled to international
headquarters in Chicago to beg the
privilege of starting the first Lions
club in the country which had ra-
vaged their own land during the
war years. Similarly, the first
'Lions Clubs in West •Germany were
sponsorechby clubs in France.
A current project which the gov-
ernor recommended most-highly, to'
the Lions was the donation• of $1.00
from each member to hold in the
shipment of powdered milk to.
'4,reece and; BMA: The 'Cittaiiiin
government is providing the Milk'
without charge out of surpluses in
stock; the' Toronto Telegram' is
paying half the shipping costs and
the. Lions are assuming the remain-
ing 50 per cent of shipping. •
The speaker was thanked on be-
half of the club by Lion Barry
Wenger,
A guest at the- meeting was Dr.
Irwin of ,Largo, Florida, a former
member of the club. Lion Hap
Swatridge was pianist, Lion Harry
McArthur,led the singing and Lion
Percy Clark extracted the fines.
An, excellent attendance wasa ac-
corded the governor for his 'visit.
Included In the minutes read by
Secretary Lee 'Vance was the in-
formation that the club had pro-
vided transportation for retarded
childl,en to a speech therapist in
London; provision of several pairs
of spectacles sfor children who
needed them and had sent one
crippled child to camp during the
summer. A letter was also read,
requesting the appointment of one
club member to act as representa-
tive on the district Crippled Child-
ren's 'Society Board in London,
87th Birthday
"FORDWICH--e-Mrs. Jelinie Mos-
ure celebrated • her '$7th ;birthday
last , Thursday,
Mrs; MosureAVes:alohetiansl„ . -
her own housework and still, at-
tends meetings of the L.0.13.A., and
Women's Institute, •
MANY • ^ • - if. •
The Wingham Sunoco's eliminat-
ed Moorefield from further, play
by scoring a 6-1 win in the Wing-
ham park on Monday night. The
local' team now advances to the
WOAA Intermediate, finals.
Bill Hotchkiss was the star of,
the game, pitching a three-hit, game
and 'striking out 10 batters. He
was also the top hitter with three
hits, to his ,credit," Ken ,Cerson and
Bruce Lott had -two hits apiece.
Ken Woods and Lorne Gardner
had, one hit each, Gardner's •being
a home run,
Tire Sunoco's will now meet the
Southampton team, winners , of a
series with St. Jacobs by a score
of 9-8 in an 11-inning• game at the
Wingham park on Saturday night.
Wingham will play in Southampton
on Wednesday (tonight) at 8.30.
On Friday night at 8 o'clock the
(Please turn to Page Twelve)
The firm of Fry & Biackhall 'has
received an order fi•oin.. 'Station
CBOT, Ottawa, to supply iti.stuclio
with five chairs; to be used'ort the
television program, "The Nation's
business'', ' The first of the. so,ries
Will be seen on Thursday, evening
with Prime aviinisw John. Diefen-
baker taking edit in :the Opening
shoW, Other programs in the aer-
ies will, feature. many. ,of `tile. 'na-
tion's proininent poljtieal Ifermonal-
ides.
• The pieces of furniture bought by
the . station are loose fOani 'cushion
Companion chairs in French Pro-
vincial- desig,n; with Cary*/ .'show-
wood frames. The choice, 6f the
Fry & Blackball chairs was made
.by the Purchaser because.the found
the 'Wingham firm's *turnitu,re of
"exquisite beauty, in keeping-with
the prestige of the prime " minis-
ter".
TO BE . OR NOT TO BE?
A full recreational centre? An outdoor swimming
pool — or nothing at all?!
In a nutshell that is the problem which faces the
committee of citizens charged with the responsibility
of meeting the hundreds of requests for action which
have been voiced during the past year.
The' third alternative—do nothing—seems to be out
of the question, for residents of this community, both
rural and urban have left little doubt in matter. •There
a is an unmistakable demand for a pool in which both
town and country youngsters can be given proper swim-
ming instruction—not merely to keep pace with a. mod-
ern trend, but to provide the only-sure and dependable
protection against drowning accidents, '
Most of you are now aware that a proposal has
been. made whereby a complete community centre, ra-
ther than an outdoor pool should be constructed. It
is logically argued that our dollars would get us a far
better "buy" if they were invested in a year-round,
heated pool, gymnasium, auditorium, kitchen, etc., all
of which could be included in the community centre plan,
rather than investing in an outdoor peel, useful for only
two and a half months out of the twelve. 'The complete
centre would cost in the neighlierhood of $75,000, while
the pool only would run to at least half that figure..
There isn't much room for argument about the re-
spective values for dollars spent-;-the question is wheth-
er or not the people of this community are willing to
provide the required money for the •project. There it
no use beating around the bush—the people who want
the recreation centre . . or the pool, will.have to do
the paying. Grants and public funds will not 'be forth,
coming, or at least not in any significant amounts.
In order to gain some accurate indication of public
-feeling In the matter, the committee has decided to
mail out a questionnaire to every home in the area
which would be served. The letter' will not go out for
two or three weeks, becausi The Advance-Times and
CKNX Radio and Television have been asked to use the
intervening time to thoroughly acquaint every person in
the district with the fact that a Very high percentage of
response MUST be provided by the public if any further
action is 'to 'be taken.
The decision in this question is YOURS! It simply
cannot be made by any small grottee IF YOU FAIL TO
EXPRESS YOUR WISHES THE WHOLE MATTER 1$ of 'silo iir/oto gond Hydro The Award wag :the first ot its
TO kind won in this `Winghamarea. ' DOOMED FAILURE!toss DundaS, forestry foreman, left, I
looks photo,