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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1968-04-11, Page 1• • •: ►S ai .FIRST SEti7. T.XoN_.-�_• o Wham, en Ce* • New post offfre building opened on Monclay morning THE SPANKING NEW post office on Wing - ham's main street opened its doors to the public on Monday morning after a week- end of work by postal. employees who moved necessary equipment from the old building. The structure was `built by Ref- flinghaus Construction Co. of Goderich. ---Advance-Times Photo. W. R. HAMILTON, local optometrist, long- - est active businessman on Wingham's main street, gets his first mail in the new post office -from Postmaster Gordon Sutcl ,ffe. Mr. Hamilton has 'been served by three postmasters and one postmistress, Miss. Fisher, A. H. Musgrove, Archie Peebles and Mr. Sutcliffe.—A-T Photo. SATURDAY WAS MOVING DAY at the old ' building. Postal employees. Hugh McKague post office when the staff gathered all the and Mrs. Irene "Johnston had a busy time paraphernalia for the switch to the new getting things into boxes for the move. A LARGE CROWD gathered at the hew post office on Monday morning when the ludo-, ing opened its doors for the first time to serve the public. Part of the crowd is ,shown as it reached the public counter in the now building.A-T Photo'. C�ncerdrive is postponed We hope that residents of Wingham 1tnd. district who waited, in, vain for dancer cairn. paign canyussers on Friday amt Si�� y haven't cotne to the co ; ion that the Advance, Tin. ea gave' them a "butn steer. The high school students, who will conduct •the house«►tob boursecanvass, decided to post- pOo. the Brie"o 441 i d �►. ►n Saturday. April 19: and 20, b . Theiecision to alter 'the dates was made after the paper was published, in which the original dates were advertisede Holiday service at •post office There will be no rural mail delivery from the Wingham post office on Good Friday . and no wicket service throughout 'the day. . The lock box lobby will be One resignation 1 from P.S. staff Business was held to a minimum at the April rneetfn$ Of the Wingham Public School board on Monday evening, The board accepted with regret the resignation of staff Member. Mrs, Jean Wilson., who has taken a position in Listowel. The possible ,organization of a Horne & School Associa- tion in Wingham was discussed -and the board backed the move in principle and will cooperate in any way possible. Tenders will be called for the replacement of a fence at the rear of the school ground which is in poor ooridition and a screen for use in classrooms with overhead projectors will be tested. open from 5 p. m. to '1 p. m. while mail is being despatched. (Street letter box collections win be made as usual. Full service will be in effect on Easter Monday. Additional 1Q0Qs, feet needed Hospital directors approve local share of school iost The directors of the Wing - ham and District Hosptial have agreed to ,sume a ,portion of the cost of c struction of a new training . sc col which is to be erected -at the north side of '+' the hospital's Catherine Street Property. The decision was reached at the April meeting' of the board on Friday evening. Chairman R.B. Cousins presid- ed. .. , The. plans.for the new school to be .used for the training of nursing assistants, have been under discussion for about three years. :At l reaent. tate students : occupy .the foiimer nurses' tl rest -'t dence on Catherine. Street inv., mediately back of the hospital - building. Plans for the. new - building call for the' expendi- ture of $54,090 according to the last -estimate. Ontario • Hospital Services Commission had agreed to assume 100% of the cost of construction, but boggled • at one section of the plans which called'for-1000 square feet of floor space more than .the -OHSC claims to be " adequate for such a building. However QHSC recently of- fered to pay for two-thirds of the cost of the extra space if the local board would assume the remaining' third. which is .. expected to 'run to about $6000. STATISTICS The hospital administrator, Mrs. I.E. Morrey, said that March had been another busy month.with a daily average of 93 patients. There were 208 admissions, 12 births, 209 dis- charges, 12 deaths, 165 opera - tons. 154 _outpatients; 428 x - rays,, 13 blood transfusions, 5241 laboratory tests, `40,e1- ectro-cardiographic examina- 'tions, 50 at cancerclinic, 1 - post mortem examination, 687 'physiotherapy treatments. • Roy Hunter.- chairman of the finance committee, read a list of accounts for the month, totalling some $81, 719. Barry Wenger, chairman of the management.comenittee, • reported on staff disposition, additions and resignations. He added that a native of India is at. present (antis aaay tp Wing-: barb, He will be employed in the; ambulance work and gener al duties in the hospital.. ' Mrs.: A..H...McTavish; La- dies' .Auxiliary representative on the board, outlined plans • for the spring rummage sale which will be held in May,. • Mrs. Money told of a dist- rict meeting of hospital repre.- •sentatives, at which the speaker had described the need for com- munity planning committees,. These committees would be made up of hospital board members and administrators, as well as representatives from the general public in each community. -Purpose of the committees would be to make long-range. plans for the im- prov went of health and wel- fare Services so that duplica«. tions could be eliminated acid all areas covered adequately. ° Mrs. Morrey also reported ' that there had been 22 ambu- lance'calls in March, as well as several transfers of patients to other -hospitals. ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By The Pedestrian A RECOGNIZE THE EYES? - - The before and after 'pic- tures on a feature page in the Kitchener -Waterloo Record last week were the eyes of •Vana Rosenhagen. She was photo- . graphed with ordinary eye make-up and with the addition 'of false lashes. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don Rosenhagen, Vana has been on the Record staff since last summer. 0--0--0 GET READY FOR THE KITE CONTEST -- Jim Ward, recreation direct or, has announced April 27 as the date forhe kite contest. Boys and girl will find details, in an article written by Mr. Ward in this issue. 0--0-y0 NO DAMAGE»= The firemen made a quick run to Western Foundry last Saturday. Burning paper blew into the grass from a rubbish fire on the north side of the steel room. The fire was ex- tinguished in short order and no damage resulted. They were called to another grass fire Monday afternoon on Con. 10, Turnberry. Summer staff will be announced Recreation Director Jim Ward has been busy, interview ing applicants for summer posi- tions at the pool and play- grounds. lay - grounds. About 20 girls and boys were interested in the playground activities and about the same number applied for duties at the swimming. pool. Mr. Ward expects to be able to let the applicants know by next week whether or not they have been accepted. The recreation director told the Advance -Times that he has been very impressed byNche calibre of young people he, tfas interviewed. • He is looking forward to a good summer at the pool and an expanded pro- gram. Last year the playground act-- ivities were carried on only in the afternoons. Mr. Ward said this year's schedule will run from 9 a. m. to 5 p.m.. five days weekly. With the new pool in opera- tion more people should be interested in swimming. This summer adult•classes will be held in addition to the usual lessons for children of all ages. It is the hope of the recreation department that a pool heater Will be installed, which would lengthen the swimming season. Working area do ubieci wilding on completion 0 f Culminating 107 yeara of postal service, the opening of the new post oar* building on Wirigharn's main street - carries on a fine tradition of public service by postal authorities, The new building is ,design- ed to improve service to the public and provide More effi- cient quarters for the postal staff under Postmaster Gordon" Sutcliffe. • Saturday was moving day or and the local staff put in long boars making the cheese Itorn she 6kmyear-old building to the new :structure a block north on • the main Street. The new -building is 56 x 58 pnearly . feet and rovfdes double -- the working space for the postal employees, Saturday afternoon the old office w -aa closed to ,allow time for the move.. Equipment and fixtures to; be retained in the Suggestion brings $55.9 award new building were trucked from- . the old to the new -by George Carter, Police escort by Chief Jim vlilier and Aux,liiary .Constable • Earl Jenkins was provided when b. the time came"to move stamps, money'orders and cash to the new r:bufiding. For, this pdrpose the new structure has a modern vault for storage. of valuables. Refflinghatis construction CO Ltd. o Goderich, the contract- ors, .have beeo working on the building since. fast .simmer, - when the old Wingham Motors building was wrecked to clear the Josephine -Patrick Street corner site, • The $64,548 tender for the new building compares to the . . cost of the old building at some` $30, 000 ,when It was erected . in 1907. +1 P OPI:I MONDAY' Monday morning saw a .tine up of residents waiting for the, 8,30 opening of the. new:build• ing. The staff at the post .ofd' fice did an admirabje• cob of exchanging old keys for new so that boxholders could ,get their mail. The 1o,ox lobby is .• bright and Modern and has 1, 015 boxes with room for e*pan- sion. This •compares to 679 boxes in use in the old .building, Postmaster Gordon Sutcliffe looked pretty happy on' opening. day and while the staff was probably having a few problems in getting established it' was not apparent to the public. ..NOT DECIDED . Thefate of the old building has :not•yet beep determined'. Officials of the. federal govern- • ment have asked the mayo%'•and council to coMe'to:„solne: deet=" s1o_n about:lts phase.. x It is believed thate build- • ing will be demolished if a purchaser is not found. • Mrs. Marilyn Ritchie; a senior employee in. the local. . Ontario Hydro offices ' was the recipient this week of a cheque ir. $5'59-.00.... This was a re- ward fox a suggestion she made regarding'a change in the fora' ' mat of an office form. 'The time•SaVed across the province by the use of this new form re- -presents a saving to Hydro of an estimated -$2/4025.00 per , year. ' Mrs. liitchie is one of.the most concientious employees in the Wingham ;Area and con' gratulations are in order for her.having received such a worthwhile award .for herinter- est and concern. Mrs. Ritchie is seen being congratulated by Harry McAr- thur, superintendent of the Wingham Rural Hydro district. To -'open tenders next Thursday The ,April ,meeting of the Combined...Roman Catholic se- parate School Board was held Monday -evening. The finan- cial statement was studied' and approved. It was, announced that mernb' rs of the board would meet with the teachers on Wednesday of this week to reach a settlement on salaries. The pupils will compete in the poster contest being, sponsor `' ed by the Wingham Horticul- turalSociety. Doug Kyles, of the Hamil- ton firm of Kyles, Kyles and Garratt, will meet with the board April 18 to open and study tenders for the new addi- tion, tion, which are,now being call- sd. . The board accepted with re- gret the resignation of Mrs. Mary Armstrong a Faking course for dentdl assistants. • Wendy tuner of Lion's Head, forrrieriy of Wingham, has en- rolled in a course for dental assistants at the Owen Sourd Collegiate Vocational Institute. 'She is one of 18 young ladies registered for the 30 lectures. ' Because .of the summer re- cess•the, course will not be com- a pleted .until autumn. Lectures are held at the .OSCVI in the evenings. Graduates will re- ceive a certificate in dental assisting and will become Cer- tified Dental Assistants. A picture of Wendy and two of her classmates,, their instruc- tor and a representative of the Royal College of Dental Sur- geons .appeared in the Owen . Soun'd Sun -Times following the first evening of lectures. Wendy, attendslaigh school at Wiarton. Police investigated 3 minor. accidents Officers of the Wingham Provincial Police detachment investigated three minor accia dents during the past week. On Sunday morning. March, . ,31, Brian Scott, age 6, Brussels, suffered a broken leg when the bicycle he was riding was struck by a car driven by George Turnbull, R. R. 2, Bluevale, Prov. Const. W. A. Stevenson investigated.. On Tuesday morning on County Road 16, a westbound pickup. truck driven by Ralph Triebner, Brussels, was making ' a left turn when it was struck by a passing pickup truck d'ri'ven by William Horman, R.R. Tavistock. There were no in- juries. Damage was estimated at $700.00. Prov. Const. W.A. Stevepson investigated: On Highway4, north of Blyth early Friday morning, a car driven by John Mason, Blyth, went into the east ditch at Concession 9, Morris Town- ship, causing minor damage to the front end of his 1968 Falcon. Prov. Const.W. R. Bell investi- gated. What is a Home & School Association? In connection with the or- • ganizational.meeting of the +.W ingham Home and School Association to he held on Wed- nesday. April 17th, in the., Wingham Public School Audi- torium at 8:15 p.m., it is felt that the following information might be 'helpful. Those interested in'the role of a Horne and School Associa- tion will find the following ex- cerpts from Dr. S. R, Laycock's article as to its functions help- ful in assessing the value of such an association. Dr.,,Lay- cock is the past national presi- dent of The Canadian Hbme and School and Parent-Teacher Federation. What a Home and School '-ciation should be: A Home ano School Association exists in order that teachers and par- ents should study together prob- lems concerning the education of children. It should afford the principal and teachers a chance to give leadership to the parents in thinking through these problems and to enlist the litters' intelligent co-operation in the most complete develop- ment of the boys and girls. It is, therefore, a group for study and discussion in which the teacher as a professional edu- cator must be prepared to give a good deal of leadership and guidance. Parents must be willing to give of their time, energy and thought in organiz- ing the association and in see- ing that it promotes the growth and development of children. What a time and School Association is not: First, the association is not an organiza- tion of parents which takes over from the principal the running of,the school or which contin- ually interferes irr the admin- istration'of the school. . Secondly, a Home and . School Association is not a so- cial organization for the con- duct of bridge parties, dances .or concerts. The community already has its social organiza- tions. - Thirdly, the Home and School Association is not an organization to raise funds to buy playground or school equip- ment. Fourthly, a Home and, School Association is not a general culture club to hear addresses on Chinese art or government finance. There are other organizations for that purpose. Invitations to the meeting have been extended to the para eats of public school age child- ren, members of the public school board, as well as to the principal and the staff of the public school.