The Wingham Advance-Times, 1955-03-23, Page 11
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With which is amalgamated the Gorrie Vidette and Wroxeter News
^^Subscription $3.00 per year, 7c per copy WINGHAM, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 1055
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ALONG THE MAIN DRAG
By The Pedestrian
GETTING READY FOR THE CARNIVAL
FOOLED ’EM—Bill Lockridge, Mo
hawk defenceman, got to the game on
Monday in spite of the efforts of the
Arthur crew. Seems that Bill got
stranded on the road from Arthur
after his truck broke down, and was
passed by a bunch of Arthur people
going to the game in Wingham, al
though apparently they recognized
him. Perhaps they thought they’d
have a better chance against the
Wingham crew if Bill wasn’t there. At
any rate a distress call to Wingham
brought help and Bill arrived in time
for the game.
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COLDER WITH SNOW—Calendar
dates don’t seem to signify much
these days. After Sunday’s spring
weather it rained on Monday, and on
Tuesday, well, you know the rest. Of
course, what looks like the storm of
the year at time of writing might
turn out to be a heat wave by time of
publication.
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BETTER WATCH OUT—Drivers on
the main drag had better mind their
P’s and Q’s, according to information
reaching this office. Both Chief Bert
Platt and the Provincial Police are
on the war path these days, after a
rash of speeding, particularly at the
north end of town. Comes radar and
a fellow won’t be able to get away
<i|with anything.
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ON INTO THE SUMMER—Mo
hawks start their best-of-seven series
With Harriston on Thursday, with a
return match here on Saturday. Fol
lowing th'is series they go into play
offs with either -Hanover or Elora—if
they win. Unless the locals are able to
give Harriston the Arthur treatment
this thing could stretch well on into
the summer.
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HOLD ONTO YOUR HAT—Yester
days wind storm did a certain amount
of damage around town with several
TV antennas reported as casualties,
and branches down all over the place.
Biggest damage on the main drag was
. reported to be Howson’s roof, a good
deal of which was blown over
ephine® Street. It’s lucky nobody
blown away.
Jos-
was
Gorrie Couple Mark
61st Anniversary
On March 21st., 1894, Mr. and
Ernest King (the former
Clegg) of Gorrie, were married in
Howick by the Rev. Josias Green.
. They celebrated the occasion on Sat- ^urday, with a family dinner at the
borne of their son, Mr. Harry King
and Mrs. King, of Gorrie, when all
the members of their immediate fam
ily were present.
They were remembered by many
friends with cards, gifts and flowers.
We would join in hearty congratu
lations and good wishes.
Mrs.
Rachel
ENGAGEMENT
X- Mr. and Mrs. Frederick W.
wish to announce the engagement of
their daughter, Joyce Louise Donalda,
to Mr. Wilburn V. Bragg, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Wilfred Bragg of Toronto.
Marriage to take place the latter part
of April in Toronto.
Daw
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LEGION EUCHRE
The Ladies’ Auxiliary to the Can
adian Legion is holding a euchre in
the Legion Home on Monday, March
28th, at 8.15 p.m. Admission 35c,
Good prizes. Lunch,F23*
DANCE IN BELGRAVE
In Belgrave Forester’s Hall, Friday,
March 25th, to the music of “Aristo
crats”. Sponsored by the Town and
Country Bowling Club. Lunch served.
Admission 50c. Everyone welcome.
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EASTER BAKE AND
. APRON SALE
> The Tuesday Starlight Group of
Wroxeter United Church will hold an
Easter Bake and Apron Sale and
Afternoon Tea in the church basement
on Saturday, April 2nd from 3 to 5.
Everybody welcome. F23,30*
ENGAGEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Tage Mogensen of
Springfield, wish to announce the
* engagement of their elder daughter,
Inga to Raymond A. Bolt, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Wm. T. Bolt of Wroxeter.
The wedding will take place on Sat
urday, April 9, at 1 p.m. in the Danish
Lutheran Church, London. F23*
ENGAGEMENT
” The engagement Is announced of
Florence Louise Carroll, Reg.N.,
youngest daughter of Mrs. Wm. Blair
of Belgrave, to Kenneth Palmer Mc
Kenzie, only son of the late Mr. and
jvfrs. DOnald McKenzie, of East Wil
liams, The wedding will take place
in Calvary United Church, London,
early in April. , F23*
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Little Red Riding Hood (Nancy Elliott) gets the
finishing touches on her costume in preparation for
“Enchanted Evening”, produced by members of the
Wingham Figure Skating Club in the arena last week,
as other members of the cast look on. Left to right
are Ruth Fryfogle, Nancy Elliott, Isabel Willie, Phyllis
Hamilton and Sandra Smith. —Staff Photo.
only in the
methods of
Roving Re-
Weekly Newspaper to
Come Under Scrutiny
Of CBC Reporter
For more than 200 years weekly
newspapers have been in operation in
Canada. In that time many changes
have ' taken place not
printing press but the
operation.
On March 26, CBC’s
porter broadcast will deal with a
typical weekly newspaper. The pro
gram will outline the .problems and
accomplishments of a weekly news
paper editor and the contribution his
paper makes to the community.
Roving, Reporter is heard at 7.15
p.m. on the CBC’s Trans-Canada net
work.
Camera, Radio Stolen
From Parked Car
rA Rolleicord camera and a car rad
io, valued at approximately $200 were
stolen from the car of Ivan McKague,
of Teeswater, on Saturday night at
the Royal T dance hall, north of
Wingham.
Mr. McKague, who reported the
theft to the Wingham detachment of
the Onario Provincial Police, said
that he was at the dance at the time
of the theft, and that the car was not
locked.
Police are investigating. They have
issued a warning to motorists to lock
their cars when valuables are left in
them.
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—Dr. and Mrs. A. W. Irwin arrived
home last week from a trip to Florida.
—Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Richey spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Douglas
Ashley, in St. Marys.
Easter Seal Work Was Started
By Service Clubs Back in 1922
To-day, when the members of more
than 200 Ontario service clubs begin
their 9th annual Easter Seals cam
paign, to finance the task of aiding
the province’s handicapped children,
they can look back on a record of
progress that is regarded by welfare
authorities as unsurpassed anywhere.
The record goes back beyond 9
years actually. It was in 1922 that a
group of a dozen men, members of a
few service clubs in Western Ontario,
met to discuss a work their clubs
were doing locally. Spontaneously,
each club had begun, locally, pro
grams to provide crippled youngsters
with treatment. At that time, they
had helped 75 kids. But they lacked
an- important thing.
They needed a central office to keep
records, to report new treatment
methods, to arrange hospitalization
which was then largely centred in
Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children.
Out of the conference emerged the
Ontario Society for Crippled Children,
financed by one half of an annual levy
by the local clubs on their members,
the balance remaining with the club
for local needs.
Over' the years between 1922 and
1947 the Club-Society organization
grew steadily. In 1935 a nurse was
employed and sent to an orthopaedic
hospital in the U. S. for special train
ing. She became a nurse-consultant.
The importance of her services was
recognized when the province’s health
authorities gave her special recogni
tion as an orthopaedic nursing spec
ialist.
In 1937, as an experiment in psy
chological as well Us physical re
establishment of crippled children,
the Society opened a summer camp at
Blue Mountain, near Collingwood,
with accommodation for 16 children,
By 1945 the work, still jointly car--
ried On by the clubs and the Society,
goes back beyond 9
with many more clubs now enrolled,
had grown to the point where 5 nurs
es, all especially trained, were at
work., A, desire to help had resulted
in local campaigns for funds in which
people who were not club members
could contribute. In 1947 the Easter
Seal idea was adopted.
• Today the program of the Ontario
Society for Crippled Children is one
of the most extensive of any organ
ization in Canada. From 755 childreri
in 1922, the rolls show nearly 10,000
child beneficiaries. There are 5 sum
mer camps at which more than 1,000
youngsters holidayed last year, with
therapists
treatment programs
cerebral palsy centre near London is
flourishing. A travelling cerebral palsy
clinic tours the province. Numerous
other clinics are held every year at
centres throughout the province, at
which topflight specialists contribute
their, services freely.
Throughout the province are 22
nurses, working in close liaison with
local doctors, medical health authori
ties and the clubs. In Toronto, Variety
Village, supported by the entertain
ment industry and administered by
the Society, provides training for boys
,so they may become self-supporting.
And one of the most important factors
has been the dissemination of know
ledge among physicians and surgeons
of new treatment methods so that
children are able to receive surgery,
treatment and hospitalization at sev
eral points in the province.
Still the central organization of the
service clubs, with 246 clubs united
in the work, the Society is closely tied
with them into the program that
thousands of volunteer workers carry
on the year round. District Councils
composed of a few clubs discuss reg
ional problems and services, and the
chairmen of these councils meet as
part of the Society's Board.
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Plenty of Interest for Young and Old
At Last Week’s Figure Skating Carnival
By Mrs. Harold Burrell
It’s over! The feverish excitement of
“What will I do?” and “What will I
wear?” in-the Wingham Figure Skat
ing Carnival has subsided! We hope
those pre-carnival ulcers are ‘ resting
comfortably, again.
Carnivals serve three purposes: To
raise money for the Club’s needs; to
give the pupils a chance to display
their progress in skating, showman
ship, teamwork, etc., and to introduce
Hl'our professional and guest skaters to
the parents and public. This carnival
did just that.
Didn’t you enjoy those wee bears—
Brenda Conron, Ruth Ann Hamilton,
Barbara Cameron, Jill Thomson, Sara
Crawford and Douglas Cameron with
Father Bear, Alf Lockridge, and their
Seaforth guests, Pamela and Margaret
Ann Stapleton? Sorry Ann McKibbon
and Nancy Clark were unable to join
them,
Chased by Wolf
Nancy Elliott was an adorable Red
Riding Hood assisted by her another,
Sandra Strong, her grandmother,
Ruth Fryfogle, and Harold Brooks,
the woodcutter, but chased by that
wolf, Jack Alexander.
Did you, too, feel sorry for Chicken
Little—Rae Gurney; Rooster Pooster,
Linda Sue Crompton; Henny Penny,
Gail Go wing; Turtle Wurtle, Marjorie
Kieffer; Funny Bunny, Nancy Lee
Campbell; Skunky Lunky, Trudy Al
len; Scat Cat, Mae Doubledee; Piggy
Wiggy, Judith McKibbon; Mousie
Wousie, Margaret Ann Doherty; and
Ducky Daddies, Sharon Gray, when
they went into the deep freeze of
Foxy Loxy, Douglas Hamilton?
Poor Goldie Locks, Sharon Thom
son, when those three bears came
home! Papa bear, was Bill Rintoul;
Mama bear, Jack Alexander and Baby
bear, Bill Crawford.
Was Page and Minister
In the wedding of the Painted Doll,
Walton McKibbon doubled as the
page and the minister. The bride and
NEW CAR DAMAGED
ON TRIAL RUN
the
the
left
Len Bok, who took his brand
new Meteor out for the first time
on Saturday, ran into grief on
trial run.
With less than 20 miles on
speedometer, 'Mr. Bok made a
hand turn into Crossett Motors,
just as a car driven by Don Hopper
passed him. Damage to the extent
of $100 was done to the new car
as a result.
The car was covered by insur
ance.
MARK EDUCATION WEEK
ALARMED DY SPEEDING,
CHIEF PLANS TO
INSTALL RADAR ‘COF
and nurses continuing
for them. A
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There was a good attendance at the
Women’s Institute on Thursday.
The programme was in charge of
Mrs. Burrell and Mrs. Gowdy. Mrs.
Burrell gave a splendid paper on the
motto “The More We Educate- a Rogue
the More Dangerous We Make Him.”
Topic was Education Week.1 The
speaker, Col. C. Krug, of Chesley, gave
a very fine address, the title, “Fiddlers
Three.” He likened the Dominion,
Provincial and Municipal governments
to the “Fiddlers Three,” showing how
they must all work together to achieve
harmony. Old King Cole, was repre
sented by the people, who call the
tunes.
Marykae Newman sang “Thats an
Irish Lullaby” and “When Irish Eyes
Are Smiling,” accompanied by her
sister, Frances Newman.
Roll call was answered by “Where
I began school.” It was decided to
have a bridge and euchre party. There
will, be a short course on “Supper
Dishes” on April 13th and 14th. Miss
Elizabeth Masters, of Guelph, will be
the instructor. A nominating commit
tee was appointed to bring in a slate
of officers at the Annual meeting in
April.
It was decided to start a bank ac
count of $100.00 for the Hospital Fund.
The meeting closed with the National
Anthem and lunch, was served.
Sixteen Rinks Here
Sixteen rinks from Thedford,
forth, Elmira, Palmerston, Belmore,
Brussels, Belgrave and Wingham were
on hand for the 16-rink bonspiel at
the Wingham Curling Club last Wed
nesday.
Winners of the 9 o’clock draw were:
first, Clark Renwick, Belmore; sec
ond, W. H. French, Wingham; third,
Harold Walsh, Belgrave.
Three Wingham rinks were winners
of the 11 o’clock draw: first, J. H.
Crawford; second, A. M. Crawford;
third, Elmer Ireland, j
Sea-
A-T WANT ADS GET
QUICK RESULTS
Quick results from Advance-
Times want ads were reported last
week by “Tommy” Thomson, of
Thomson Appliances.
Mr. Thomson advertised two
used refrigerators in last week’s
issue of the Advance-Times, and
by Thursday—the day after the
paper appeared—he had sold both
of them.
If you have something to sell, or
want to buy something, why not
try an Advance-Times want ad.
The cost is small—and the results
will surprise you!
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Alarmed by the increase in speed
ing within the town limits. Police
Chief Bert Platt is seriously consider
ing the installation of a radar device
to clock speeders, he told the Ad
vance-Times this week. The new de
vice would be similar to those being
used on the Queen Elizabeth High
way and the Barrie Highway, which
have been credited with slowing traf-
on those
TWO HURT AT SQUARE
DANCE IN HOWICK
Two injuries resulting from acci
dents at a square dance in Howick
Township were treated at the Wing
ham General Hospital last Wednes
day.
X Bonny Lee Adams, 7-year-old daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Allan Adams,
fell at the dance and sustained a pain
ful injury to her nose. The girl was
X-rayed at the hospital, but found to
have no fracture.
Also injured at the same dance was
Dorothy Stone, 19, daughter. of Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Stone, of Wingham,
who fell and fractured her left wrist.
A cast was applied at the hospital and
she was allowed to go home.
Noble Greenaway, R.R. 3, Wingham,
received severe lacerations to his
middle finger when he caught his
hand in a litter carrier at his farm.
The wound was repaired under a gen
eral anaesthetic and his condition was
described as satisfactory.
On Friday, Gary Barbour, 18-month-
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Bar
bour. of Belgrave, fractured his left
wrist when he fell at his home. A cast
was applied at the hospital and he
was allowed to go home.
Alan Smith, of Wingham, a plumber
working on the new hospital wing,
stepped on a spike on Tuesday
punctured his right foot. First
was given at the hospital.
and
aid
advent of
the roads
Exhibition Tilt to
Feature Police, Lions
Provincial Police of No. 6 District
will be playing an exhibiton hockey
game with the Goderich Lions Club in
the Goderich arena on Monday, March
28th, which promises to be a lot of
fun for all concerned.
Proceeds of the game will be used ' Harry Gerrie, Mrs. H. Crawford, Miss
for juvenile athletic work of both the j A. Williamson and Mrs. H. Burrell,
police and the Lions Club. , secretary.
groom came from Goderich. We were
glad to notice Audrey Tiffin among
the dancing guests and regret that ill-
health prevented Dorothy Conron
from participating.
John Wild and Irene Saint skated
a beautiful Spanish, number. We en
joyed the precision number by the
dolls, Betty Purdon,, Sylvia Alexander,
Marion Farrier, Jane McKague, San
dra MacLennan, Carol Crawford, Sue
Nasmith, Elizabeth Burrell, Linda
Clark, Karen Cook, Diane Radford
and Karen Smith with Elva MacDon
ald as soloist. Also, recognized most of
these in the daytime rehearsal scene
in the night club.
Flower girls were Susan Spry,
Brenda MacLennan, Patsy Purdon
and Judy Callan; the maid of hon
our, Beatrice Klein; the bridesmaid,
Jean Gurney and Douglas Hamilton
and Dennis Smith. A beautiful rendi
tion of “Ave Maria,” by Isabel Hugo,
the club professional, closed the first
part of the program.
Senior Skating
The “Evening at Club Silver Blade”
showed the versatility, graceful skat-
gress of the senior skaters. All de-
ing, clowning, showmanship and pro
serve great credit' for their solos,
pairs, comedy and novelty acts.
Some of their roles were: Phyllis
Hamilton as hostess; Sandra Smith
and Penny Gerrie as cigarette girls;
Marlene Stainton, a gypsy fortune
teller; debutantes, Ruth Fryfogle and
Irene Saint; gay blades, John Wild
and Bill Rintoul; stilt skater, Jack
Alexander with Douglas Cameron;
jitter bugs, Isabel Willie and Bruce
McTavish; chanteuse, Judy Lunn.
Alice Hayden was leading lady in
the snappy chorus girl number. Those
out of town visitors and the bathing
beauties may be giving a preview of
the coming fashions—but we hope
not. Paul Wilson and Sylvia Bullen,
of Goderich, were welcome additions
to the night club.
The models led by Rosemary Dig-
nam, (member of Toronto Figure
Skating and Wingham Clubs) was a
beautiful finish to this part of the
Carnival. ’
Professional Skaters
On Friday evening the audience en
joyed two inspiring exhibitons of
skating by John Rodway, Toronto
F.S.C., but he was skating in Rich
mond Hill on Saturday, so the club
was fortunate indeed to secure Donald
Tobin, a professional of Hamilton
Skating Club, to come here for Satur
day.
The story of the carnival wouldn’t
be complete without the names of
those tireless members of the execu
tive who did all the unthanked and
unnoticed jobs throughout the season,
answered countless telephone calls,
and haunted the arena at the risk of
losing their happy homes—Alf Lock
ridge, president; Rod Macintosh,
vice-president; Mrs. M. MacLennan,
treasurer; Mrs. Wild, Harold Brooks,
speed of the
used by the
the speed of
fic to a “funeral pace”
thoroughfares.
Chief Platt says with the
spring more drivers are on
Find more people are going places.
There has also been a good deal more
speeding within the town limits as
the tempo of life quickens and people
get in a hurry to go. Several charges
of speeding have been laid during the
past couple of weeks.
The new radar gadget works on the
same principle as radar sets used on
naval vessels during the last war. It
sends a beam out which bounces off
an approaching object and records on
a screen the course and
object.
In radar installations
police the screen shows
the approaching car, and it is a simple
matter for the operator to tell if the
car is exceeding the speed limit. If it
is he writes down the license number,
phones or radios another officer
ahead who stops the offending motor
ist and presents him with a speeding
ticket.
Rental Considered
The Chief wouldn’t say where he
intends to obtain the radar device.
However he did say that he knows
where one can be rented, and he is
seriously considering renting a
machine for short periods of time as
a deterrent for speeders in the nei
ghborhood. He declined to say when
or where the device would be used.
Although cost of the machine is
fairly high, it can apparently be
rented at a fairly reasonable rate.
Revenue from fines resulting from
its use would probably show a hand
some profit for the town, over and
above the rental cost.
The Chief has several areas in mind
when it comes to setting up the mach
ine. North J.osephine
the CNR tracks and
would probably get
with Diagonal Road
close second. Other
Street, between
the town limits
first priority,
east coming a
approaches to
town would also get attention, and
the machine Would probably see act
ion on all fronts before being return
ed to its owners.
"A lot of people who lean heavily
on the accelerator are going to get
quite a surprise,” the Chief comment
ed grimly. And this reporter was in-
Clined to agree.
Proposed Wingham-TV Coverage Area
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Seven counties will receive ah excellent snow-free picture over 90% of the
time from the proposed television station at Wingham. The sweeping curved
line on the map shows the coverage area. With a suitable antenna, good
reception could be expected 15 miles beyond the line.
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