The Wingham Advance-Times, 1955-03-16, Page 1With which is amalgamated the Gorrie Vidette and Wroxeter News
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7"• WINGHAM, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1955
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ALONG THE MAIN DRAG
By The Pedestrian
For First Concert of Junior Band
IT’S OFFICIAL—Although spring
doesn’t start until next Monday, ac
cording to the calendar, we all knew
it was really here last week when
Tom Fells phoned to say he had seen
several robins in his back yard. Re
gardless of the date, what could be
more official than robins?
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WITH SUGAR, TOO—Reports from
Whitechurch indicates that sugaring
operations have started there in the
bush. Must be a lot of the nectar
going to waste with so many maple
trees around here that never get
tapped.
get
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NO OFFERS YET—Reports
Hollywood scouts have been
Lloyd Smith for a screen
groundless, according to our informa
tion. Facts of the matter are that
Lloyd had a movie made in the store
that turned out so well he was
promptly contacted by TV interests.
Isn’t that what you said, Lloyd?
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LULL BETWEEN STORMS—The
street department men can take it a
bit easier these days, in a sort of lull
between the two big storms of the
year—winter and winter. Only trouble
is, not too long after the snow dis
appears the streets get clear enough
to do some much-needed patching.
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LAST MINUTE RUSH—Mrs. Jim
Seli had her busiest day of the year
yesterday, when all the procrastinat
ors (and there were plenty of them)
lined up for last minute purchases of
license plates. You guessed it—we
were there, too.
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COMING SOON—Local anglers had
a new light in their eyes last week
when ice went off the dam and
could see the river again. Many
checking over their smelt gear for
the season which opens in a
weeks.
that
after
test are
you
are
few
Service Today for
Mrs. John Hicks
A tragic accident in London on Sun
day took the life of Mrs. John Hicks,
24-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Angus, of Wingham. Mrs.
Hicks suffered a brain hemorrhage
and died shortly after a fall from a
chesterfield on which she was stand
ing, at her home in London. An in
quest into the accident has been init
iated.
The former' Norma Faye Angus,
Mrs. Hicks was born in Wingham and
had lived in London for the past two
years. She was a member of St. And
rew’s Presbyterian Church here, and
the Women’s Auxiliary of the Royal
Canadian Naval Reserve, London.
She is survived by her husband, two
children, Catherine Ann and John
Michael; her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Angus, Wingham; one brother,
Robert, .Wingham; two sisters, Mar
garet (Mrs. John Winechuk) of Lon
don and Lillian (Mrs. Jack Gdrbutt)
of Wingham.
Funeral service will be held today
(Wednesday) from the Bennett-Oat
man funeral home, where service will
be conducted at 2 p.m. Interment will
be in Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens.
PROGRESSIVE EUCHRE .
AT WROXETER
The Wroxeter Women’s Institute
will hold a progressive euchre on
Friday, March 18th, 8.30 p.m. in
Masonic Club rooms. Novelty prizes.
Come and bring your friends.F16b
ST. PATRICK’S EUCHRE
In Sacred Heart Parish Hall on
Thursday, March 17th at 8.30 p.m.
Draw will be made for hand-made
leather purse. Good prizes. Good
lunch. Admission 35c. Everyone wel
come. F16b
IRISH PROGRAM
Whitechurch W.I. will sponsor an
Irish program and dance in the Com
munity Hall on Thursday,
17th at 8.30. Lunch served,
sion 50c and 10c. Benefits
hospital fund.
March
Admls-
to the
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special missionary
SPEAKER
Guest speaker at Wingham Baptist
Church, Mr. Ken MacLellan, Field
representative of the Shantyman
Christian Association, Missionary to
Lumbermen, Sailors, Construction
workers in remote • places
Canada. Hear him at 10 to
and 7 Sunday, March 20.
across
10, 11,
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BAKE SALE
The Catholic Women’s League are
holding a Bake Sale in the Council
Chambers’ on Saturday, March 26th,
at *3 o’clock. F16:23b
information meetingTurnberry Federation is holding a
joint information ’ meeting with the
Co-Op Insurance Company in Blue
vale Community Hall on Wednesday,
March 23rd. Ladies please bring
lunch. “".2"'
The auditorium of the new Wing
ham District High School was well
filled for the first public appearance
of the Wingham Lions Club’s Boys’
and Girls’ Band on Friday evening.
About 360 interested parents and
friends turned out for the concert.
Lion President Bob Hetherington
outlined the origin and formation of
the band before the concert opened,
and pointed out that the entertain
ment was arranged for a dual pur
pose, for it would provide parents and.
the sponsoring organization with an
opportunity to decide whether the
band would continue or not. The pre
sident also introduced the bandmaster,
A. C. Robinson, of London.
HEARS LOCAL DOCTOR
^.The Wingham and District Council’
of Churches met at the home of Rev.
and Mrs. Alex Nimmo, Wingham, on
Monday, March 7, 1955.
The meeting opened with a brief
devotional period conducted by Rev.
E. W. Todd. With the Rev. J. Pollock
in the chair, the meeting adopted the
minutes as read by Rev. D. J. Mac
Rae. Following the business period,
the speaker, Dr. Bernard Corrin, was
introduced by Rev. Alex Nimmo.
The doctor spoke of the close as
sociation between the medical prac
titioner and the minster of religion. A'
man can be physically well, emotion
ally ill and spiritually dead. There is
the trinity of body, mind, and soul.
Thinking of the Bible, Moses can be
seen as an outstanding public health,
authority of the times in which he
lived, and Luke of the New Testament
was also a doctor..
Dr. Corrin drew some, interesting
parellels between physical and spirit
ual birth and growth. Following the
address the speaker graciously gave
his judgments on various questions
submitted to him. by the assembled
ministers.
The Rev. Jennings, of Lucknow,
moved a hearty vote of thanks to the
speaker for his helpfulness and the
Rev. H. Wilson tendered the thanks
of the meeting to Rev. and Mrs.
Nimmo for their gracious hospitality.
GROUPS REHEARSE FOR
ONE ACT FESTIVAL
\xThe Wingham Kinsmen Club, the
Howick Junior Farmers of Wroxeter,
and the Wingham Community Players
are now preparing their entries 'for a
one-act festival to be held in Wing
ham Town' Hall, at the end' of this:
month.
The Kinsmen’s entry is the famous
drama “The Monkey’s Paw,” which
is being directed by Mrs. John Lang
ridge and Jim Currie. In the cast are
Barbara Edwards, Jack McKnight, Al
Williams, Bill Connell and Jim Cur
rie. The Howick Junior Farmers are
entering their play, a comedy called
“Hanging Uncle Henry,” which also
competed in the Howick Junior Farm
ers’ Drama Festival in Clinton. This
play is directed by Mrs. Tom Vittie
and the actors are, Audrey O’Krafka,
Ron McMichael, Phyllis McMichael,
and John Stafford. ■<
The Wingham Community Players
are rehearsing “Joint Owners in
Spain” which is directed by Mary
Louise Flach and the players are Mrs.
Guy, Mrs. Jim Henry, Mrs. Fred
Saint and Mrs. Miles Overend.
The plays will be adjudicated and
the winning group will be awarded
the Lion’s Club Drama Trophy. .
The Community Players held their
regular meeting on. March 9th. It
was reported that the standing com
mittee on drama of the Huron Zone
recreation council had decided on
dates for the zone festival. The group
which will include the winner t from
the Wingham festival and entries
from Exeter and Clinton, will com
pete in Palmerston on April 15th, and
the winning play from each group
will go on to Walkerton in a compe
tition on April 20.
President, Vin Dittmer, Miss Kath
erine MacGregor and Miss Marilyn
Davis were judges at a public speak
ing competition held in Teeswater.
The winner was H. Tolton.
As Mr. Robinson introduced the
various numbers he paused to explain
the successive steps in the musical
education of the boys and girls. Solo
and duet numbers were interspersed
to show the progress which band
members have made individually and
as the concert, neared its conclusion
and the more advanced waltzes and
marches were played it became quite
evident that the entire audience was
pleased and. surprised to find that the
youngsters had made such progress,
Practices began in the late fall and
many of the band members have been
playing for only ten or twelve weeks.
Included in the program were the
following numbers: Cornet solo,
“Just A Wearyin’ for You,” Glen
Skinn; euphonium solo, “Londonderry
4ir”,. Bill Henderson. Jr.; ’Twinkle,
Twinkle”, band selection; “Abide with
Me”, band selection; cornet duet,
“Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes”,
Ruth Michie, Joyce Proctor; “Even
ing”, band, selection; alto solo, “Drink
to Me Ohly with Thine Eyes”, Ronnie
Vogan; cornet solo, ‘The Old Rugged
Cross,” Dorig. Pickell; clarinet duet,
"Fairest Lord. Jesus”, Douglas and
Donald Thomas; march, “Victory1
band;, clarinet solo, “Bells
Mary’s!’, Julie Cruikshank;
“Winona”, band selection;
“Spring”, band selection.
Following the concert the
band, committee, Barry Wenger, Ed.
Edighoffer and Bill Cruikshank, met
the parents of the children, to arrange
for the actual formation of the band.
The chairman of the committe stated
that the decision to carry on with the
band was entirely in the hands of the
parents and that the Lions Club, with
the assistance of the town council,
would purchase seven of the larger
instruments, total cost of which will
be $2550.00. Several of the parents
raised points concerning the opera
tion of the band, and all were fully
discussed before any of the final con
tracts for instruments were signed.
A representative of the instrument
company was present and the major
ity of parents signed purchase con
tracts for the instruments which their
children have been playing since
practices were commenced.
Including those who will' play the
instruments owned by the club, the
signed-up membership of the band
stands at well over 20, and several
more prospective band members, who
have indicated their interest in join
ing are expected within the next two
or1-three weeks.
The bandmaster has arranged to
continue the practices on Wednesday
evenings in the firehall. Parents who.
are- interested in this type of musical
education for their childrep are asked
to contact any one of the band com
mittee members listed above or to see
Bandmaster Robinson at the fire hall
on Wednesday evenings.
The members of the committee. and
the Lions, Club would like to express
their appreciation to the public for
the very encouraging attendance, as
well as for the generous donations
which were received on Friday even
ing.
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WINGHAM TV STATION
WILL BE LIKE NEW
J.
Bridge Club
Six and a half tables were in play
at the regular meeting of the Bridge.
Club on Thursday night.
Winners were: North and South,
first, Miss M. McCallum, Geo. Wil*
Hams; second, Miss C. Isbister, H.
Sherbondy; third, Chas, Hodgins, O.
Hasclgrove.
East and IVest: First, Gord. Mac
Kay, V. Dittmer; Second, Mrs. D. B.
Porter, X Jackson ; third, Mrs. R. Dig-
Fi6123bnani, W. H, French.
INDUSTRY FOR TOWN
•[•The addition of a television oper
ation to the existing radio facilities
in Wingham is like the creation of a
new industry for the town. A basic
staff of 18 people is planned for
Wingham’s TV, headed by W. T.
Cruickshank as general manager and
G. W. Cruickshank as TV station
manager. W. T. Cruickshank will also
retain his position as general mana
ger of CKNX-Radio while J.
Cruickshank remains station mana
ger in the radio field.
TV staff will be recruited from the
radio operation with a limited num
ber of outside personnel.
Television studio space would be re
quired beyond the existing facilities
at CKNX.
The transmitter location would be
in the north-west tip of Carrick
Township, about 3% miles southwest
of Walkerton. On a strip of land opt
ioned from Edward Batte the TV
tower would be built to a height of 650
fCet, making it the highest structure
in Ontario matched only by Windsor’s
TV antenna which is the same height
but located on a lower land level.
The transmitting antenna, called a
wavestack, is like a hollow tube 28
inches in diameter? The signal is wir
ed into the bottom of the ttibe and it
‘escapes’ from 12 slots near the top.
Although the station would be of
comparatively low power, the effic
iency of the wavestack coupled with
its tremendous height and the eleva
tion of the ground on which it’s loca
ted give the station a coverage area
equal to any in Ontario.
WINGHAM STATION
APPLIES FOR LICENSE
TO BROADCAST TV
CKNX Wingham has applied
Ottawa for a television license,
was announced this week cby W,
"Doc” Cruickshank, general manager
of the Wingham radio station. Mr.
Cruickshank said the application to
the Department of Transport and the
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
asks for permission to install and
operate a TV station on Channel 8.
The proposed television station
would serve Bruce, Grey, Huron, West
Dufferin, North Perth,'North Welling
ton and'a> section of Waterloo County,
according to details released from the
application;
If government approval is granted
it may not come until some weeks
following the- application’s formal
hearing in Ottawa in mid-April.
“It would be our intention to pro
ceed at once with- the installation so
that service might be available with
in sixmonths' time from the approval
date,” Mr. Cruickshank. added? "After
a year of investigation, of facts and
with a great deal of Consideration of
the economics of the problem, we at
CKNX are confident we are in a
strong position to operate a television
station. And, although we stress that
our action thus far has been only the
application for a-license, we feel that
there is every chance it will be
granted.” r |
Mr. Cruickshank also noted that
“The radio operation' jof CKNX will
remain as it is and coj
along with, TV.” [
p
mtinue to grow
Varied: Programs
Program planning for the proposed
CKNX television statipn on Channel. 8
is based upon providing suitable local
service for almost 200,000 people in
the coverage area. Initially, the station
would’ transmit programs approx
imately 60 hours per week. About one
half of this time would be devoted
to network service, and the remaining
time almost equally divided between
local shows and film , transmissions.
Included’ in the live \studio produc
tions would: be programs dealing with
news, sports, women’s! events, farm
events, music, religion; public service
and children’s features;
The Wingham Public School Board
took, a look at the shape of things to
come, at their regular meeting on
Monday night. And the prospect ap
peared to be a bumper crop of child
ren and more accommodation head
aches.
Principal T. S. Beattie' showed
members of the board the results of a
survey of. the children of ‘town,
which indicated an increasing, enroll
ment at the public school for at least
five years. Despite the fact that a
new wing was built on the school
three years ago, increased enrollment
since then has already forced school
authorities to seek extra space for
the kindergarten in the Masonic Hall.
According tp Mr. Beattie’s calcula
tions enrollment at the school will in
crease steadily for five years and hit
its peak in’1959, when an enrollment
of 500 is expected, compared with
the present enrollment of 412. This
TREATED AT HOSPITAL
Victims of several accidents were
treated at the Wingham General
Hospital last week.
On Tuesday Murray Stainton of
Wingham, fractured bones in his left
hand z in a hockey game between
Wingham and Arthur. A cast was
applied at the hospital and he was
allowed to go home.
On Wednesday Bev. Riley, age 20,
of R;R. 2, Brussels, suffered shoulder
injuries when a heavy tree fell on
him. He was admitted to hospital
where his condition was described as
satisfactory. .
Charles Brigham, R’.R; 1, Belgrave,
was kicked in the back by a farm
horse for no apparent reason on
Friday. He was admitted to the
hospital and treated for spinal injur
ies. His condition yesterday was satisfactory. ’
Duncan McLeod, of Lucknow, age
92, was admitted to hospital on Mon
day with a fractured right hip. The
hip was pinned at the hospital and
his condition was described as satis
factory;
Kenneth Blphick, 16-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Elphick, fractured
his right wrist on Monday when a
tree fell on him. The fracture was
reduced under general anaesthetic
and he was allowed to go home
after a cast was applied.
Cheryl Felker, age 17 months,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Felker, R’.R, 1, Bluevale fell and cut
her lip'while carrying a glass. Lacer
ations were repaired at the hospital
and she was allowed to go home.
Wins Several Prizes
At Music Festival
At the Kiwanis Music Festival held
recently in Brantford, Diane Wray,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Graham
Wray of that city, formerly of Turn
berry Township, was awarded first
prize in the vocal solo class 10 years
and under with the high mark of 89.
Diane also obtained first prizes in
the piano duet and piano trio classes,
10 years and under obtaining 85 and
83 marks respectively. She also came
second with 84 marks in the duet
class 11 years and under.
Diane is a granddaughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Herb Shiell, formerly of
Bluevale.
SERVE HOT MEALS AT
HIGH SCHOOL IN FALL
Wingham' Mohawks edged the Ar
thur Tigers 8-6 to win four straight
games in the best-of-seven series at
the Wingham Arena on Thursday
night. A two-goal edge in the second
period did the trick for the locals, but
U.CL Young People
Present TV Roundup
The Wingham United1' Church Y.P.U.
held its regular meeting on Monday,
March 14, with a good attendance.
The meeting got underway with a
lively sing-song led by Frances
’Vy’alker, with Helen Haines at the
piano.’
The meeting was in the charge of
Lois Walker, convener of mission and
world outreach and took the form of
a TV show. The theme for the even
ing was “The Bible at Work in the
World” which took the audience to
various parts of the world, and ex
plained how the Bible is being used.
Those taking part were Don Mac-
Lean, M.C., of Station Y.P.U. TV,
Japan represented by Verna Mae
Wheeler and Phyllis Hamilton; Korea
by Ken Crawford; Africa by Lois
Crawford; Northern Rhodesia by
Mhrgaret Machan. A short discussion
followed.
The business was then conductedtby
President Frances Walker. Plans
were made for an Easter Sunrise
Service to be held Easter Sunday
morning. An invitation to attend a
box social of the Blyth YJP.U. on
Wednesday, April 13, was accepted. It
was decided to withdraw the regular
Monday night meetings from April
4 to April 18. The business was ad
journed. •
A short worship service was con
ducted by Lois Walker, who gave tb.e
call to worship. A hymn was sung
and the Scripture was read in unison.
Rev. MacRae led in prayer. The offer
ing was received and dedicated. The
Worship service closed with the Y. P.’s
theme hymn. A short recreation per
iod, followed by taps brought the
meeting to a close.
Next Monday night the meeting will
be In charge of Jack Johnston, con
vener of citizenship ahd community
service. The theme will be "The Bible
and Everyday Life.” Ail young people
are urged to attend and are also asked
to keep, Tuesday, April 12th open for
the spring rally to be held in Goder-
in the first and third frames the
scoring; was even..
Missing their star centre, Murray
Stainton, who broke a bone in his
hand at the Tuesday game in Fergus,
the Mohawks lacked some of their
usual, pep. In the first
teams; notched singles,
second period the locals
putting the score- at 5-3.
tained their lead' in the final stanza,
when both teams got three goals.
Top scorers for Wingham were
Maurice Stainton and Bob Ritter, with
three each. Gerrie and Lloyd got
singles. Marshall and Bell with two
each were best for Arthur.
The Mowhawks will meet the win
ners of the Harriston-Mount Forest
series when that contest has been
decided.
WINGHAM—-Goal, Fry; defence,
Gerrie, Lockridge; centre, Crewson;
wings, Ritter, Lloyd; subs, Neil Stain
ton, Maurice Stainton, Murray, Irwin,
Bain.
ARTHUR—Goal, Williams; defence,
McDougall, Elliott; centre, Riley;
nan, Marshall, Barry R. Marshall,
wings, Bell, Pride; subs, Hunter, Ter-
Hellyer.
frame both
and in the
drew ahead,
They main-
< A decision to serve a hot meal in the
cafeteria of the new Wingham Dis
trict High School was made at the
regular meeting of the high school
board last Wednesday afternoon.
Members of the board decided that
after September 1st of this year a
hot meal would be served to both
town and country students at a cost
of 35c per meal. Students who bring
their own lunch will be permitted to
eat it in the cafeteria, and may obtain
soup, tea or milk there for 5c.-
The board also decided to discon
tinue after the Easter holidays, the-
present system of serving hot soup./.
Set Auditorium Rates
.A request .for the use of the high
school auditorium from a local re
ligious group touched off a discussion
on rates for the use of the building.
Property Committee Chairman R. S.
Hetherington told members that the
renting of the auditorium involved a
certain amount of work for the care
taker both in being present for the
evening and in cleaning up after
wards. He said that the board’ should
re-imburse the caretaker for this.
Members also thought some charge
should be made for lights and wear
and tear on the school:
It was decided to set the rates for
six months and to review the situation
at the end of that time. Rates were
$15
the
the
ich.
Plans
Parents Visit Public
School at Open House
Open house at Wingham Public
School brought a goodly number of
parents and friends to witness the
'work being done and progress made
by the children on Friday evening.
. Principal T. S. Beattie welcomed
the visitors and Scott Reid, chair
man of the school board, spoke a few
words on behalf of the board.
In the classrom the visitors saw
the classes in action and samples of
work done. After the pupils were dis
missed the visitors talked with the
teachers and went on a tour through
the school.
In conjuncion with Education Week,
a display of school children’s work
was shown in the window of station
CKNX, on Josephine Street. The dis
play featured the develpment of
writing and art display showing the
different levels of ability, a display
showing the development of readers
from year to year and the progress
made from the days of “Mary, John
and a sample of the
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grades were represented in the dis
play.
On Thursday evening an Education
al week program was broadcast over
station CKNX, with musical numbers
presented by the boys ahd girls. An
nouncers for the program Were Stew
art Beattie, principal, Mrs. Douglas,
Inusic supervisor and Mr, McIntyre.
for the auditorium and’ $25 for
use of both the auditorium and
cafeteria.
Set Opening Date
Opening date for the new school
was set for April 26, after a letter
was received from Premier Leslie
Frost stating that he could come at
that time. A committee is now work
ing on a list of guests and speakers
for the occasion.
Dr. W, A. "McKibbon, public school
board representative on the high
school board, raised the question of
what was to be done with the old
high school building, in view of the
fact that the public school needs
accommod ation.
The secretary revealed that no cor
respondence had been received from
the Wingham town council, because
the council in turn had received no
official intimation of the high school
board’s offer in the first place.
It was decided to ask the mayor
and council to the next meeting of
the high school board to see if some
thing could be arranged in this re
gal'd.
Correspondence was read from Olm
sted and Parker Construction Co.,
asking if the board could make any
reparation for a sign belonging to the
company and valued at $135, which
was destroyed in the high school fire.
Members decided that the school in
surance did not cover the sign in
question.
Board members decided that stud.
Cnts of the school would attend the
Teeswater and Brussels fairs on al
ternate years.
will probably necessitate 15 teachers
and classrooms, compared with the
present twelye, and will mean that
possibly three extra classrooms will
have to be provided from somewhere.
The board's survey showed the follow
ing expected figures: 1955, 435; 1956,
445; 1957, 475; 1958, 490; 1959, 500.
OK Until 1957
According to the survey the present
accommodation at the school will be
sufficient until 1957, although enroll
ment. is expected to jump more than
thirty in the next two years. One of
the difficult features about the school
enrollment is the fact that it is the
number of pupils per class, rather
than the overall enrollment, which
makes more classrooms necessary.
Average pupils per grade in the
school is slightly over 50, which means
that almost every grade must either
be split into two classes, or mixed
grades must be formed to take care
of the overflow in each grade.
Mr. Beattie pointed out that 35 is
the practical limit for a class because
of the size of the classrooms and be
cause of the difficulty in getting tea
chers to teach classes over that size.
This maximum is considerably lower
ed when a mixed class is involved, and
a class of 25 to 30 is considered just
about the maximum for mixed grades.
Reeve Present
Reeve Roy Adair was present on the
invitation of the board to get a brief- ‘
ing on account of conditions in the
school. The reeve was questioned by
the board as to a letter written by
the board on January 24th to the
town council asking that the council
take action on leasing the old high
school building as temporary accom
modation for the public school.
Although the board received an
answer to the letter, members said
that the letter had never been read
in council or discussed by that body,
and Mr. Adair was asked if this were
so. He said that to his knowledge the
letter had never been included in
council correspondence.
Scott Reid, board chairman, said
that he understood the high school
board would make other disposition
of the old school if they received no
word from the town by the middle of
April. He suggested to the reeve that
something should be done about the
matter before that date.
Discuss High School Building
The pros and cons oi we oid Wing
ham District High School building as
temporary accommodation for public
school pupils was discussed by the
board. Members seemed to feel that
there was many disadvantages to us
ing the old building, and cited the
cost of maintenance, the hiring of
two caretakers, the need for an as
sistant principal, and the fact that
the building would not be needed until
1957, and would have to be maintained
by the town until that time.
The question of building another
two or three classrooms onto the new
wing was also discussed. It was esti
mated this might cost about $20,000
per classroom. Board members seemed
to be of the opinion that if this course
were decided upon, preliminary work
on the new construction would have
to start in the near future to be ready
for 1957, when three extra classrooms
would be needed.
A resolution was finally made that
the board write the town council a ,
letter, outlining their position in the
matter of accommodation, and that
a deputation be sent to the next coun
cil meeting to discuss the matter.
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Wingham rural fire department was
called to the home of Jack Higgins,
on the third concession of Morris
Township, on Wednesday, March 9th,
about 5.30 p.m.
Fire was discovered between the
ceiling and floor in the front part of
the house, from an overheated coal
stove.
QOick action of the Higgins family
and neighbours had the fire out by
the use of ’water and fire extinguishers
before the firemen arrived. '
All is in readiness for an “Enchant
ed Evening.” The Wingham Figure
Skating Club is very busy rehearsing
for their fourth annual carnival and
Miss Isabel Hugo, club professional
reports everything well under way for
a fine skating entertainment. Beauti
ful costumes, enhanced by special
lighting will add to the carnival at
mosphere.
The Wingham skaters feature most
of the show this year. From the
youngest tot to the most advanced
skaters, all have a part in the carni
val. One or two numbers will come
from Seaforth and Goderich, and
Rosemary Dignam, of Toronto Skat
ing Club and Wingham Figure Skat
ing Club will present an interesting
number. Donald Tobin, professional
skater from Hamilton and John Rod*
way from the Toronto Skating Club,
will be two of the featured skaters.
Two performances of the carnival
will be given at the Wingham Arena,
on Friday and Saturday of this week
at 8 p.m. Tickets arc 50c for adults
and 25c for children and may be ob
tained from club members and at the
arena on the days of the perform
ances. Pre-school children will be ad
mitted free,