The Wingham Advance-Times, 1954-06-23, Page 1By The Pedestriant
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THE WINGHAM ADVANCE-TIMES, WEDNESDAY JUNE 23, 1954
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DING [DONG BATTLE—Should be
a good game at the town park on Fri
day night, when two Wingham soft-
ball teams clash for the first time in
the schedule. Wingham Intermediate
“A’s” will meet the Juveniles in what
promises to be one of the best games
-of the season.
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FALSE FRONT—Looking at all the
scaffolding festooning the face of Jack
Mason’s store and the Dominion Bank,
anyone would think there’s going to
be a major facelifting job done on the
building. Perhaps Jack Mason is be
ginning to-wonder, too. All he wanted
was- a new eavestrough and some re
pairs on the cornice.
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' MISSED!—Monday night’s storm,
which did quite a bit of damage to
the southern part of Western Ontario,
seems to have missed Wingham, al
though it was pretty gusty around
here for awhile. Cooler temperatures
. seem to be appreciated by all, after
the heat of the past week or so.
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LIKELY TO SUCCEED—If every
body’s working as hard as Bill Grover'
on the 75th anniversary, the thing
should bp a great success. Faced with
the problem of finding an old-time
car. to haul an old-time gun, for the
99th Battery’s float in the big parade,
Bill eventually found himself building
a gun tractor for the occasion. If we
know Bill, it will be something to see.
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SUPERANNUATED?—Among those
singing the old refrain about “No
more pencils, no more books”, is" Bob
Ferguson, erstwhile mentor at the
local high school. Bob will be leaving
town next month to take a job with
the Canadian Broadcasting Corpora
tion, in Toronto. Perhaps there WILL
be pencils ann books, .however, not to
-- mentioff. the resf^bf^n:, because7-Bob
will be working on the CBC’s school
broadcasts.
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SOAP BOX NOTE —. Entries for
the Soap Box Derby have been com
ing in a bit slowly, but [Derby officials
are hoping things will perk up in the
next week. $50 in prize money should
make nice pickings for the three win
ners.
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FIVE MORE DAYS—Kids at the
public school are counting the days
these days, with the school grind
scheduled to grind to a halt next
Tuesday. Parents aren’t quite so en
thusiastic. .
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THINGS TO COME—High-ranking
CBC officials have booked space at
one of the local hotels for the Civic
holiday week-end. They’ll be here for
the "Salute to Wingham” s program,
to ,be heard over the CBC Trans-Can-
ada network in connection with the
anniversary celebrations.
ENGAGEMENT
Mr. and MrS. Harold McMullen wish
to announce the engagement 5of their
daughter, * Beverly Irene, to Mr.
Eugene Henderson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Essleford Henderson, of Paris,
Ontario. The wedding will take place
on Saturday, July'’31, .at Brantford,
Ontario. 23*
ENGAGEMENT
Mr. Elliott S. Fells, Smooth Rock
Falls, .announces the engagement of
his sister, Miss (Fairy) Isabella Eliza
beth Fells, Fort Erie, to James Ernest
Dailey, Shanty Bay. The wedding will
take place in July. F23b
OFFICE CLOSED
The office of Mr. C. R. Wilkinson,
Optometrist, Wingham, will
from July 1st. to July 15th.
be closed
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announce
DRAW POSTPONED
The Kinsmen wish to
that the draw for the car which was
to have taken place at 11.45 p.m. June
26, 1954, will be postponed and will
take place as an added, attraction of
the Anniversary Ball in the. Wingham
Arena at 11.45 p.m., August 2nd, 1954.
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BO’S DIFFERENT
Open Air Church at the bandshell
in Wingham Park, every Sunday-night
at 7.30. Join with the many who enjoy
this unique Service. Comfortable seat
ing supplied, br sit in your own car
at the side of the road, Special mu
sic this Sunday and Pastor Coyle
preaching on the subject, "What Kind
of Faith Gives Assurance of Sins For
given?” A dignified church service
under God’s blue sky. Weather per
mitting, otherwise in Wiiigham Bap
tist ChUrch. F23b
Local Angler Gets Lnnker Bnt
Finds There's No Prize Offered
excitement
corner on
turned ‘in
FIREMEN ARRIVE,
FIND PAIL OF WATER
HAS PUT OUT FIRE
There was a bit of
around the Red Front
Friday, when someone
the fire alarm, bringing the fire
department to a very small blaze
at the corner.
Apparently the Holmdale Cream
ery truck, driven by Bill Elliott,
had stopped at the corner when
the driver smelled smoke in ‘the
vehicle. Getting out to investigate,
he found that the tarpaulin of the
truck had caught fire in some way.
With the aid of Frank Caskanette,
he pulled the tarpaulin 'off the
truck before any damage was done
to the truck itself.
In the meantime someone had
turned in the alarm. The fire de
partment arrived in time to see
Frank Caskanette pouring a pail of
water over the tarp, . which was
Lshfoulddrihg’' oil the sidewalk.
Wing-
PEANUT FLOAT ANO
TAO DAY SATURDAY
The second section of the
ham Lions Club peanut campaign is
scheduled for Saturday, when Plan
ter’s Peanuts will send their float to
town and taggers will work along the
main street to complete the campaign.
Every'person who contributes to the
cause receives a bag of peanuts,, and
the money raised in this way will be
used to further the Lions’ welfare
work in the community.
Belgrave Girl Wins
Honors at UWO
Barbara Gaunt, daughter ,*,pf . Mr.
and Mrs. Edgar G. Gaunt, Belgrave,
has passed her second year in Honors
English and French with first- class
honors at Western University, London.
Barbara was awarded two scholar
ships—The Huron County Schqlarship
for the highest standing among wom-
en„from Huron County and .the schol
arship for second year honors English
and French. The second award lapsed
because the winner had a higher
award and no one else qualified.
• Barbara is a former student
Wingham District High School.
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NOTICE
The annual church service
Forest Lodge No. 162 will
held in the Belmore Presby-
terian^Church on Sunday, June 27th
at 7.80 p.m. Everyone is cordially in
vited to attend. Rev.. A. Nimmo is
the speaker.—Andy Gibson, W.M.,
Howard Wylie, Sec. F23b
PRESENTATION AND DANCE
A presentation and dance will be
held in Whitechurch hall for Mr. and
Mrs. D. A. Hackett (formerly Evelyn
Leaver) on Wednesday, June
Ladies please bring lunch.
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BAND, CONCERT
AND FROLIC
Pal-Mocha Shrine Club annual
Concert and Frolic will be held on
Friday, June 25 in Wroxeter Park at
8.00 p.m. Mocha Temple Brass Band,
Highland dancers, bingo, games, danc
ing. Adm. 25c, children 12 years and
under, free. Proceeds far ShrinOrs’
Crippled Children Hospitals. Draw for
$1000 Pot of Gold.
Band
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SQUARE DANCE CONTEST
Lions and Legion Frolic, Wroxeter,
Park, July 29 and 80. Entries to be
mailed to Wm. E. Austin, R.R. 1, Gor
rie by July 1, 1954. Prizes first $25;
second, $15.00. ' F2380b
of
be
Harold Dennis, of Lower Wingham,
didn’t win the fishing rod as he ex
pected. But he did have the consola
tion of catching what is probably a
record for rod and line fishing in the
Wingham district.
On Friday Mr. Dennis walked into
Alexander’s Hardware to ask Jack
Alexander if a fishing derby he had
read about in the Advance-Times was
still scheduled as part of the anniver
sary celebrations. • Because- if it was,
he had an entry for it, and he’d
to win the rod and reel which
been mentioned as first prize.
When 'Mr. -Alexander informed
that the fishing derby plans
never come to completion, he was vis
ibly disappointed. He said he had a
fish that he figured would be a sure
winner, if size and weight had any
thing to do With it.
like
had
him
had
It turned out that Mr. Dennis had
indeed a whopper. It was a 16-pound,
2-ounce carp which he had hooked in
the Maitland River at the ElectHq,
Light bridge in Lower WingharriT’^he
fish measured thirty inches and Jfell
to a worm on a small trout hook.
According to Mr. Dennis, he was
fishing from the bridge, using a worm
for bait, when the big one cruised into
sight. He dropped the worm in front
of the lUnker, who promptly took it,
just about taking Mr. Dennis too.
For a time it was questionable
whether Mr. Dennis could land the
fish from the height of the bridge,
but eventually a passing motorist,
seeing the battle, stopped and* lent a
hand. This enabled Mr. Dennis to get
down- to the ground below1 the bridge,
where he succeeded in beaching the
big fish just as the line broke about a
foot from the hook.
Carp seem to be- fairly plentiful in
the Maitland, and grew to a consider
able ,size. Although a favorite dish in
Europe, they aie not considered good
eating in this country, and are. looked
upon as a menace to game fish, since
they are thought to destroy vegetation
on river bottoms.
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Discnss Cornerstone Laying
At Celebration Committee
I Is it fitting to lay a cornerstone of
a new high school on Sunday? That’s
the question that has been worrying
(members of the Ministerial Associa
tion and the 75th anniversary cele
bration committee, ever since last
week, when it was first suggested that
the cornerstone of the new high
school be laid during the anniversary
celebrations.
The question came up last Wednes
day at a meeting of the anniversary
committee at the Legion Home. Chair
man Johnny Brent said that he had
been approached by the high school
board to hold the cornerstone laying
during the anniversary celebrations.
Mr. Brent said he was in favor of the
idea, except that the only time avail
able for such a ceremony would be on
Sunday afternoon.
Ask Ministers About It
He told the committee that he had
approached the Ministerial Associa-
ation about the problem, and found
that they were a bit doubtful about
the advisability of holding such a
ceremony on Sunday. They said they
had heard laying church cornerstones
on Sunday but not high school corner
stones. One member of the Associa
tion was definitely opposed to the pro
posal, while others seemed to be un
decided.
Mr. Brent put the question to the
committee and asked their opinion of
it. Ho said that the Only other time
to hold the cornerstone laying would
be on Monday morning. This would
Huron County Council last week re
moved the strings from a grant of
$15,000 made last ^January to the
Wingham General Hospital. Council
rescinded an amendment to the orig
inal grant stipulating that the grant
was conditional on’ there being no
surcharge on Residents from the
county of Huron.
The vote was a victory for the
Wingham General Hospital Board,
which had presented a resolution to
council’ asking that,' such action be
taken, Previously jthq board had im
posed a surcharge On jail municipalities
within the area who; had not contri
buted to the cost of the proposed new
50-bed chronic wing.*.
The council’s action came after a
lengthy discussion pn the matter.
Reeve R. B. Cousins, of Brussels,
pointed out that the surcharge was
not directed at all county residents,
but* only those living within hospital
areas which had not contributed. A
representative- of Ashfield township,
which has not come into the scheme,
explained his council's reasons for
not contributing. Council voted 18 to
12 in favor of removing the rider.
The surcharge on residents of non
contributing municipalities amounts
to $1.50 per day; Patients are required
to pay this., surcharge, themselves; as.
hospitalization .'plans do not cover such
additional charges.
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GROUPS ARE REMINDED
OF SHOW HAZARDS
Once again it is time to remind lo-“
cal ’organizations of the difficulties
which lie ahead if they contract for
the sponsorship of/, shows organized
by outside concerns,.
There -most cerfe^ip^nothing to-
prevent such af contract being signed,
but the businessmen of the town,
through the Wingham Business As
sociation, have gone on record to the
effect that they won’t purchase ad
vertising space or otherwise support
such an undertaking. Further, this
newspaper will not provide advertising
space for resale.
This attitude may seem drastic, but
it is definitely felt that the type of
entertainment which has been forth
coming at these shows in the past is
of such poor quality that the busi
ness people do not wish to lend their
support. to its • production.
When advertising is sold it merely
amounts to a donation—extracted un
der the unspoken threat of ill will
on the part of a local society.
Both the. merchants and the Ad
vance-Times ask that societies here
refrain from placing them in the po
sition of refusing to cooperate—after
a contract has been signed. If you re
main unconvinced, it is suggested that
your executive contact one of the
groups which has already sponsored a
show of this type. *
present difficulties in getting some
one to lay, the stone, and would ' also
mean that very few people would pro
bably be present for the ceremony, he
said.
When he asked for a show of hanas
on the question, all but one commit
teeman voted in favor of holding the
ceremony on Sunday—if the Minister
ial Association would go along with
the idea.
Speaking of the Calithumpian par
ade, scheduled for Monday afternoon,
Mr. Brent said that he now has . 58
floats lined up for the parade, along
with 7 antique cars and three new
convertibles of the "dream boat” type.
A gentleman from Auburn has offered
to ride an old high-wheeled velocipede,
and several people from that village
have offered to come to Wingham
With their floats after the parade
there.
Mr. Brent announced that
bands had been hired for the
concert on Sunday night, and
dance bands for the dances on Satur
day, Sunday midnight and Monday
nights. The CKNX Barn Dance Gang
will play on Saturday night, Johnny
Day and his orchestra will play for
the Sunday midnight dance and Lionel
Thornton is slated for the Anniver
sary Ball oh Monday. ■'
Plahs for' publicising the Celebration
were discussed, and the committee de
cided to allot a sum of $200 for this
purpose.
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ANY QLD BUGGY WHEELS
OR PHOTOGRAPHS?
Clare Cantelon, chairman of the
decoration committee for the 75th
anniversary celebrations, is still
looking for buggy wheels for decor
ating the main street of town-. He
plans to brighten them up with
paint and hang them on the lamp
posts, along with other decorative
effects worked out by the commit
tee.
Anyone who has any old buggy
wheels, or knows the whereabouts
of same, is asked to get in touch
with Clare. Any wheels borrowed
will be returned if their owners so
desire.
Also needed for a display in the
town hall council chambers are old
photographs of the town and people
in the town, which would be of in
terest to the visitors. Such photo
graphs will be handled gently and
returned to their owners after the
celebration.
KIN KARNIVAL AT
PARK THIS KEEK
The Wingham Kinsmen Club's sixth
annual Kin Karnival will be held at
the town park on Friday and Satur
day, June 25th and 26th. Proceeds
from the Karnival, expected to be the
biggest ever, will be used for commun
ity service work of the Kinsmen.
Featured on the.two nights will be
rides, games, bingo and other games
of chance.
The draw for the 1954 Dodge Cru
sader, which was to have been held
at the conclusion of the Karnival, has
been postponed and will now be held
at the Anniversary Ball, in connec
tion with the town's 75th anniversary
celebration, it was decided at a meet
ing of the executive on Monday night.
Tickets are $5.00* and the club guaran
tees that only 800 of them will be sold.
OFFICE CLOSED
The office of Dr. W. A. McKibbon
will be closed from June 27th until
July 18th. F23*
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High School Board Decides
To Close School at Brussels
Members of the Wingham District
High School Board decided to close
the Brussels Continuation school, at
their regular meeting last week. The
move followed on the heels of an an
nouncement by architect J. D. Kyles,
that the new high school would be
ready for occupancy by January of
1955.
The school at Brussels, which costs
approximately $5,000 a year to main
tain, is. made up of only one class
room with about a dozen pupils in it,
and one teacher, who will accompany
the class to Wingham, Mrs. Pearl
Wilton. The class has been maintain-
HIRE ASSISTANTS FOR
SUMMER REG. PROGRAM
Shirley Moffat, of RR 3, Blyth, and
Mary Frances Currie, of Wingham,
.were appointed assistant recreational
directors for the summer recreational
program, at a meeting of Wingham
Recreation Council last week. Miss
Moffat and Miss Currie will work
under the direction of Vic Loughlean,
recreational director, in conducting a
six-week summer recreational pro
gram. The two girls will-attend a
camp for recreation leaders at Keel-
mora, near Ridgetown, from June 25
to Junie 30.
While details of the summer pro
gram are not completely arranged as
yet, it is understood that a program
similar to that of last year will be
held. Sports and swimming, handi
craft and art work were the main
stays of last year’s program.
Last year the program was divided
into two sections, with mornings for
the younger children and afternoons
for children over nine years of age.
Classes in handicraft and artwork will
be held at the high . school, while
swimming classes will again be held
at the Teeswater pool. Buses will tran-
transport the children back and forth.
The summer program is scheduled
to start on July 5th, on which day reg
istration for the program will be held.
Present at the meeting was Alex
Coutts, president of the Wingham
Softball Association. An agreement
for mutual co-operation was made be
tween the two organizations.
OFFICE CLOSED
The office of Dr. G. H. Ross wilt be
closed on July 1st and will re-open
on July 12th in its new location above
the Eaton Order office. f2330b
A suggestion that the laying of the
cornerstone of the new high school be
timed to coincide with Wingham’s
75th anniversary celebration was
made at the regular meeting of the
Wingham District High School Board.
Board- members felt that since the
school would be far enough advanced
for that purpose around the time of
the celebration, it would be a good
idea to combine the two ceremonies.
The architect of the new school, J.
(D. Kyles, of Hamilton, was present at
the meeting. He said that he could
arrange to have the building ready for
a cornerstone laying at that time.
Members of the board are to consult
with celebration committee Johnny
Brent on the proposal.
Prior to the meeting Mr. Kyles took
the board on a tour of the new school
and showed them the work already
done by Olmstead and Parker, Hamil-
HIRE LIFEGUARD FOR
SWIMMERS AT DAM
Frank “Red” Houghton, well known
young athlete in town, has been ap
pointed lifeguard at Howson’s dam by
the Wingham Recreation Council, His
duties will cbmfnence immediately and
will continue until July 4th, after
which the summer recreation program
will be inaugurated, with swimming
periods at the Lions swimming pool
in Teeswater.
The hiring of a, lifeguard for the
dam followed several near-accidents
there, involving children who were
unable to swim or who.'got into dif
ficulties . in the fast wafer below the
dam. Frank himself has been in
strumental in rescuing more than one
of these children, and . seems to be
well qualified for the job.
He will be on duty from 4 to 6 p.m.
on school days and from 2 to .6 p.m.
on Saturdays arid Sundays. •- ■" ... ■
ed at Brussels for the past few years
due to accommodation problems in
Wingham’s old high school building.
The question of moving the class to
Wingham and closing down the Brus
sels school has been discussed several
times during the past few months by
the high school board. Hitherto the
board has felt that the class should
be left in Brussels as long as their is
a shortage of accommodation in Wing
ham. Some people in Brussels are said
to be opposed to the closing of the
school.
The subject was brought up at last
week’s meeting by Chairman James
Armstrong, who told the board that
some decision should be made on the
Brussels school at once. Mr. Arm
strong reminded the board that the
meeting would be the last for the
summer months, and that if they
wished to close the school in the fall,
they would have to take action now.
Some Sentiment Against It
W. F. Todd, representative on the
board from Brussels, said that in his
opinion parents and pupils alike'
would welcome the opportunity of
coming to Wingham, but he admitted
that there was sentiment in the vil
lage against closing the school. How
ever, he said that if the school were
to be closed next year because of the
opening of the new school, it would be
■better to start pupils off in Wingham
in September, rather than have them
start in the middle of a term. Other
members of the board were in agree
ment with Mr. Todd’s reasoning.
Another reason given for making
the move now was the fact that trans
portation would have to be arranged
for the pupils now attending the
Brussels school. The routing of the
school buses is arranged during the
summer months, and the transporta
tion committee, under J. Leslie For
tune, would have to know in advance
which pupils would be going where.
The Brussels school is the last of
the outside school operated in con
junction with the Wingham District
High School. Last /eat the continua
tion school at Teeswater was closed,
and the last class there was brought
over to Wingham.
It is hoped that considerable sav
ings will be effected to the
boardfl by the move.
school
Presentation and Dance
Presentation and dance for Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph McCrea will be hold in the
Forester's Hall, 'Belgrave, on Thurs
day, June 24th. Ladies please bring
lunch. F23*
ton contractors. Mr. Kyles said that
construction schedules were being
maintained, and that most of the ex
cavation and cement work is already
completed. The school is slated for
completion by January, 1955, but it
is hoped that portions of it may be
finished before that.
Furnishings to Cost $22,095
Dr. W. A. McKibbon, chairman of
the equipment committee, reported
that his committee had interviewed
several manufacturing firms on the
question of equipment and furnishings
for the school.
He estimated that a total of $22,095
would be required to furnish the
school as follows: science room equip
ment, $7,842; teachers’ desks, $87;
chairs for teachers’ room, $319; lib
rary tables, $306; armchairs, $147;
desks, $6,625; desks and chairs, music
room, $618; tables, $594; cafeteria
tables, $1,237; gymnasium and cafeter
ia chairs, $3,445.
Also recommended was a new lathe
and a new planer for the shop, estim
ated to cost about $1,600. The com
mittee's recommendations on the pur
chase of this equipment were accept
ed by the board.
Accept Resignations
The resignations of two teachers,
Robert D. Ferguson and Mrs, Winona
D. MacDougall were accepted by the
board with regret.
Mr. Ferguson who has served on
the staff for eight years, tendered his
resignation to accept a position with,
the Canadian Broadcasting Corpora
tion, in connection with its School
Broadcast.
Mrs. MacDougall has been teaching
music on a part-time basis for the
past three years.
Dr. McKibbon announced Miss M.
Linda Smith, of London, had been hir
ed as teacher of English to replace
Mr. Ferguson.
Principal W. S. Hall reported an
average attendance of 329 or 93% for
the month of May.
He said that 165 pupils from grade
,S of public schools in the district, had
attended* Orientation Day at the high
school.
No action was taken on the quest
ion of a name for the new school.
HAMILTON SPEAKER
GUEST AT KINSMEN
LADIES’ NIGHT
At 7.30 p.m., Friday June 18th, the
Queen Hotel dining room was the
scene of the semi-annual ladies”
night meeting for the Wingham Kins
men. President, Al Williams was in
charge of the meeting. Besides the
guests which each Kinsman brought
there were club guests, who were in
troduced by the president, these were
Mr. and Mrs. Vin pittmer represent
ing CKNX and Mr. Ken McKenzie,
president elect of the Listowel Kins
men Club.
During the banquet entertainment
was provided by two of the Kinsmen,
Bob Ferguson and Jim Currie putting
on a skit of ‘Casey at the Bat.’
Kin Jim McGleish introduced the
speaker for the evening, the Reverend
Norman Rawson of Centenary United
Church, in Hamilton. Rev. Rawson
was thanked on behalf of the club by
Kin Bob Ferguson. Vice president
Jack Lloyd proposed a toast to the
ladies and this was replied to by Kin-
ette Edith Walker. President Al pre
sented hostess Velma Scott with a
token of the club’s appreciation for
the meals and service provided by her
during the past season.
President elect Lloyd Ellacott pre
sented attendance pins to Jack Gor-
butt, Al. Williams, Bill Lee, Andy
Scott, Jack Walker, Len Crawford
and Jim Currie.
AT HOME TO FRIENDS
FOR 50th ANNIVERSARY
Mr. and Mrs. H. Browne Sr., will
be at home to their friends and neigh
bours at the home of their son, Mr. H.
Browne Jr., Centre St., On Sunday
June, 27th, from 2 to 5 p.m. F23*
Garden party at bluevale
Knox Presbyterian Church, Blue
vale, will hold a garden party in the
church basement on Tuesday, June 29.
Supper will be served from 6 until 8
p.m. An entertainment featuring
some local talent, and Roy Head, ven
triloquist and magician of London,
will be presented in the community
hall following the supper. Admission
to supper and concert $1.00, children
12 and under 50c; pre-school child
ren free. Concert only, 35c. F23b