The Wingham Advance-Times, 1979-05-30, Page 1218rTt�s Wingham Advance Times, May 30, 1979
Items from Old Fi*les
MAY, 1952 MAY, 1944 farmer and former candidate in MAY, 1965
1U estate which formerly James Edgar of Wroxeter was the 1943 and 1949 elections, was The Wingham District High
owned the property where the elected District Deputy Grand chosen by the Huron -Bruce School Cadet Corps held its 30th
Hell Factory stood is having the Master of Wingham District No. Liberal Association for its annual inspection. Cadet Major
lot cleaned up. Two men, a team 9, Independent Order of Odd- candidate in next month's A. Leggatt won the trophy for
and a scraper will commence fellows, when the annual meeting provincial election. best officer or NCO on parade,
work at once and this work will was held at Wingham. W. H. The local firm of C. Lloyd and Cadet Newton Richardson won
have to be done to the satisfaction Haney is secretary -treasurer, Son Limited has installed new the award for best dressed cadet
of the Horticultural Society. having held that office for a equipment in the local factory in on parade and Cadet Major G.
J. Sangster has leased the number of years. preparation for large scale Reed won the 99th Field Battery
Holmes shop and is prepared to At a meeting held in St. An manufacture of a new popular award as top rifle marksman.
do first-class work in hor- drew's Presbyterian Church, the priced flush door and has opened walk an Victoria Street from the
selihoeing, woodwork and Presbyteries of Huron and a new warehouse in Kingston. arena corner to the Readman
general blacksmithing. Maitland of the Presbyterian The Luc -Tee -Win Conservation service station. The walk was
Last year all military. camps Church in Canada were united Club held a meeting in the council badly damaged at the arena
were cancelled by the govern- under the name of Huron- chamber and during the meeting when the new front was built.
ment but it is rumored that a . Maitland Presbytery. Plans for formed a committee to look into
military camp will be held in joining these Presbyteries has the possibilities of buying At a joint meeting of East
London this year for officers and been going on for sometime. property to become a site for the Wawanosh Council and the East
NCOs..This will be good news for H. F. McGee has been ap- club. Wawanosh School Area Board,
the local officers as they are very pointed Grand Steward of the A police crackdown of illegal the school board presented a
anxious to receive this summer Grand Chapter of the Royal Arch parking was approved by the recommendation "that we ask
training. Masons of Canada. town council at its regular the council to take the necessary
The village of Belmore now Hugh Carmichael has pur- meeting. Police Chief Bert Platt steps to issue debentures to build
boasts a butcher shop and ttu•ee chased the North End Grocery was instructed to hand parking our own eight -room school, with a
grocery stores. It is not building, store and dwelling tickets to motorists for overtime general purpose room, at or near
necessary to go to bed hungry property, from Mrs. Frank parking and double parking on Belgrave•'.
mom'• Watson. Mr. Carmichael took the main street.
Sevent -three days of nerve- over the business from the for- Experienced thieves, who Pastor Wayne Lester will move
wrackuncertainty ended for mer owner about a year ago. evidently knew their business, to Wingham from Woodstock on
Col. Char es Lindbergh and his Petitions are being circulated broke into the building of May 22, as minister of Centre
wife on May 12 with the news that in Walkerton by ratepayers Crossett Motors on Josephine Street Pentecostal Church. He
their kidnapped child had been opposed to the moving of the Street north, making off with an succeeds Brother Elmer Leis of
found dead, murdered by his Confederation Arena from its undetermined amount of cash. Kitchener,
adbuctors:Five men and a present site to the Exhibition Lorne McDonald, manager of the Two new members, Mrs.
woman, whose identities are grounds at the west end of garage, still does not know what Gladys Thompson and Mrs. G.
believed to be known, were Walkerton. The arena was the losses are. Coulter, were installed at the
responsible for the kidnapping. erected in 1927. Last fall the town Teeswater may get a new post May meeting of the Howick
Arrests are to' be expected within assumed the balance of the office next year, the Department Legion Auxiliary, held in Ford -
a few days. mortgage and it has since been of Public Works said officially wick.
Operations commenced May 16 operated by the municipality. last week. The department ob- Morris Township School Area
to pave the Palmerston to A reception was held at tained a suitable site for the Board accepted with regret
Listowel highway. The.Dufferin Langside Hall for Mr. and Mrs. project in 1953 at a cost of $2,800. resignations from three of its
Construction Company of Joe Tiffin, newlyweds. They were At a s teachers, Mrs. Barbara Kechnie
Toronto has received, the con- presented with many gifts and a Wingham United Church,tha Miss Barbara Wallace and K. D.
tract. purse of money. Baldina camera has presented to Scott.
Dr. H. H. (Bert) Hetherington, Charles Garniss has sold his Jim Shynkar, • the student Alterations at the Classee
son of Mr. and Mrs. C. chopping mill in Brussels to minister from this church. Jim Barber Shop, owned by Lloyd
Hetherington of the Bluevale Cameron Adams of near Hamilton made the presentation Hayden, have improved the
Road, who graduated recently Bluevale. Mr. Garniss has on behalf of the congregation and appearance of that place of
from the Toronto Medical operated the mill for the past 13 expressed the hope that it would business. The Shop has been
College, has located at Bramp- years. prove useful to Jim as he leaves given a new front and the old blue
ton, associated with Dr. Van- MAY, 1955 for his student missipn field at exterior has been replaced with
derlip. Hugh Hill, Colborne Township Deer Lake, Northern Ontario. sparkling white.
TRAVEL LVTTERY WINNERS -Mr. and Mrs. Jim Moore
of Wingham were the winners in the second draw of the trip -
a -month lottery sponsored by the Wingham and District As- .
sociation for the Mentaliv Retarded. They win a trip worth
$1,500 to one of three destinations, a $1,200 trip anywhere
else or $1,000 cash. The consolation prize of a weekend holi-
day went to Bruce Hahn of Brussels. There are 10 more
draws to be made.
FIRST STAR BROWNIES completing their first year of Debbie Currie, Christa Curzon, Jennifer Hunter, Karen
Brownie work are: (not in order and some absent) Rhonda Laidlaw, Heather McLennan, Rosemarie Noble, Kimberly
Ireland, Carolyn Anson, Tracy Boxwell, Kelly Beggs, Patterson, Anna Sakasov and Kira Stuckey.
SECOND STAR BROWNIES have completed their second
year of Brownie work. They are (not In order and some Patterson, Janet Watcher, Robin Greenall, Julie Leedham,
absent) Lisa Dow, Julie Cameron, Debbie Clark, Mary Beth Tracy Thynne, Terri Shaw, Jennifer Watcher and Jennifer
Clark, Tammy Cleghorn, Christina Funk, Dawn Funk, Pam Willis.
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