The Wingham Advance-Times, 1955-03-30, Page 1With which is. amalgamated the Gorri<e Vidette and Wroxeter News
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ALONG THE MAIN DRAG
By The Pedestrian
PHOTOFINISH—Saturday’s game
between the Mohawks and Harriston
had a story-book ending which sent
the fans (the W.ingham fans, that is)
away happy. Trailing by three goals at
one stage of the last period, the locals
tied it up with two ptiinutes to go and
notched the winning goal at 19.25.
Harriston will be back Thursday try
ing to give Wingham the same treat
ment.
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PAVED ALL THE WAY—Word
from John W. Hanna, M.P.P., arrived-
yesterday to the effect that the high
way from Wingham to Lucknow
would be paved this year, in accord
ance with the provincial road build
ing program. Mr. Hanna will be home
following the finish of the Session
■this week.
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READY TO GO—Three organiza
tions entering one-act plays in the
festival this week had their final dress
rehearsals last night, and were in fine
trim for the curtain on Thursday. For
those who like post mortems the ad
judicator will be holding forth after
the plays on Thursday night instead
of Friday night, as usual.
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CURLING WINDUP—Spring can’t
be too far off. Next Monday will see
the windup of the curling season at
the curling club. Election of officers
will be held and curlers will be able
to have a last fling with the stones,
after which the rink will be closed
down until next year.
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ABOUT THE STORM—In the
middle of all the sound and fury of
last Tuesday’s storm, the fire siren
went, and everybody said, “What a
night for a fire!” Fortunately it was
nothing serious. A chimney fire at
the home of Tommy Fells soon burn
ed itself out with all that draft. Even
in weather like that there were quite
a few spectators.
BROTHERSlEAVE this
of
are
WEEK FDR EUROPE
^Norm and Bob Mundy, sons
Theodore Mundy, of Wingham,
leaving this week on a seven weeks’
trip to Britain and a possible tour of
the continent.
The two young men are sailing from
'New York to Liverpool and plan to
stay with relatives in and around
London on the first lap of their jour
ney. Following this they will tour
England, Scotland and Wales by car,
having made arrangements to hire a
car in England. <
It will be the first trip overseas for
both of them. Later they plan a
tour of the continent, depending on
how much time is available.
Norm Mundy says he has so many
names of people to call on that they
may not get as far as they would like
to go, but he’s hoping to at least see
part of France during the trip.
The two brothers plan to be back
in Wingham sometime during
second week in May.
the
VARIETY SHOW AT GORRIE
Gorrie Women’s Institute will spon
sor a variety show by Lakelet Wo
men’s Institute to be held in Gorrie
Community Hall, on Friday,
1st., at 8.30 p.m. Admission 50c.
April
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HOSPITAL AUXILIARY
MONTHLY MEETING
The Ladies’ Auxiliary
General Hospital will
monthly meeting in
Chamber on Friday afternoon, April
1, at three o’clock.
to Wingham
hold their
the Council
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PROGRESSIVE EUCHRE
The Wroxeter Women’s Institute
will hold a progressive euchre party
In Masonic Club rooms on Friday,
April 1, at 8.30 o’clock. Novelty
prizes. Come and bring your friends.
F30*
RECEPTION AT BELGRAVE
A reception for Mr. and Mrs. Victor
Toungblut (the former Agnes Mason)
of East Wawanosh will be held in
Forester’s Hall, Belgrave, on Thurs
day evening, March 31st. Dancing to
Bruce’s Orchestra. Ladies please bring
sandwiches. Everyone welcome. F30b
EASTER BAKE AND
APRON SALE
The Tuesday Starlight Group of
Wroxeter United Church will hold'an
Easter Bake arid Apron Sale rind
Afternoon Tea in the church basement
on Saturday, April 2nd front 3 to &
Everybody welcome. \ F23,30*
Where's the Snow Blower?
Hardware store owner Percy Stainton has the neatest little snow blower
you ever saw, but not more than a week ago he packed it away, figuring
spring was here. Spring was here by the calendar, all right, but the weather
had other ideas. Above, Maurice Stainton wields the shovel along with
other main street merchants the morning after last week’s first big storm
of spring. —Staff Photo.
CHANGE DATE OF FIREMEN DECIDE TO
PURCHASE INHALATOR
new
has
was
The«official opening of the
Wingham District High School
been put forward, a week, it
learned from Andrew H. McTavish,
chairman of the board, last night.
Premier Leslie Frost will open the
school on April 20th, instead of April
26th, as announced previously.
The change was made’ necessary by
a conference of Ontario premiers,
called by Prime Minister St. Laurent,
which will be held in Ottawa the week
of April 25th. Mr. Frost will in con
sequence be unable to be in Wing
sham that week as previously planned.
INJURED IN CRASH
•^A. 'M. “Scotty” Forbes, 60-year-old
resident of London, and Canadian
Legion Service Bureau officer, and his
wife, Esther, received severe injuries
in a traffic accident on Sunday night,
on No. 2 highway east of Eastwood,
near Woodstock. Forbes, who was well
known in Wingham, was driving his
1953 Ford car with his wife as passen
ger, when the vehicle hit a patch of
ice. The car skidded off the road in
the poor visibility and struck a hydro
pole.
Provincial police at Woodstock, who
investigated, stated that both oc
cupants of the car were removed ,to
the Woodstock General^ Hospital and
treated by Dr. W. J. Butt for lacera
tions to the face and shoulders.
Forbes was later transferred to the
Westminster Hospital at London for
further treatment.
Although Mr. and Mrs. Forbes’ in
juries are serious, they are not believ
ed to be dangerous.
CURLING CLUB LAST MEETING
The Men’s Curling Club are holding
their closing meeting and curling
jitney Monday, April 4th. Two draws
to be made, the first at 7 p.m. sharp,
followed by business session, refresh
ments and donation of prizes. F30b
WINGHAM, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1955
TOO EARLY FOE SPRING
We thought spring had come. So
did the solitary red-breasted robin,
searching for worms in the damp
ground; so did the crows “caw
cawing” their delight;- so did the
hairy caterpillar in his brown and
black, waking to activity in the
milder air; so did the few greening
blades of grass, stretching up to
the sun; so did the river, swiftly
sweeping away its cakes of ice; so
did the toddler, rejoicing in his
brief spell of outdoor freedom.
But Old Man Winter thought
differently
best flings to set people’complain
ing again, while from time to time
the sun peered out miscliievously
as if to say, “Will folks never
learn? This is March—too early
for spring.”
and gave one of his
The dining-room of the Hotel Bruns
wick was filled to overflowing on
Friday evening, when members of the
Lions Club turned out in force, with
farmer friends as ‘ their individual
guests. The complete success of the
event was indicated by President Bob
Hetherington’s . promise that this
meeting was but the first ef a series
of, such gatherings.
Entertainment was provided by the
Serenade Ranch Boys, headed by Earl
Heywood, whose vocal and instrumen
tal items were enthusiastically re
ceived. Harold Victor Pym and Jack
Reavie had charge of the music for
the club and
Bill Galbraith and Gord Buchanan
twisted tails, with accompanying
Lions George Ross,
Had Bad Trip on Way
Home From Florida
music from the fine box.
The guests were welcomed by the
president and by Lion Bill Cruik-
Shank, who had organized the meet
ing. A report from, the activities com
mittee indicated that over $600.00
Worth of electric light bulbs had been
sold in the recent canvass of the
town.
Among the guests present was
Lloyd Jasper, of Carrick Township,
in-coming president of j;he Ontario
Federation of Agriculture, who ex
pressed his pleasure in attending the
gathering and the hope that such
meetings would be continued.
Introducing the guest speaker, Bob
Carbert, farm editor of CKNX, de-
cribed him as a man who has taken
Members of Wingham’s volunteer
Fire Department decided to start rais
ing funds for the purchase of an in-
halator, at the regular meeting of
the fire department on Monday night.
The machine will cost between $400
and $500.
During the discussion preceding the
decision it was pointed out that no
inhalator is available for emergency
work in the district, although it is
considered necessary equipment in
other centres. The machine is used in
cases of suffocation through smoke,
drowning or other causes, and is us
ually a part of every fire department’s
equipment. The machine ( supplies
oxygen to the victim and is used in
conjunction with artificial respira
tion methods.
The, firemen are planning to raise
money* in a variety of ways for the
new machine, and would appreciate
any aid or suggestions from the pub
lic as to how the inhalator could be
purchased.
Other business was discussed at
Monday’s meeting. The social commit
tee decided to have one more
night for the winter season on
20th. The resignation of Jack
was accepted.
It was announced that a fire
tice will be held on April 11th, either
instructional or practical, depending
on the weather.
Fifty thousand dollars’ worth of
town debentures, issued to pay the
town’s portion of the coSt of the new
hospital wing at the Wingham Gen
eral Hospital, have been over-subscrib
ed, it was announced this week by
Mayor R. E. McKinney.
The debentures were offered over a
month ago in an advertisement in
The Advance-Times, and within a
week applications for $18,000 were re
ceived from residents of the town and
district. Since then the balance has
been taken up by a local manufactur
ing concern. Almost half of the total
debentures were
The debentures
pected to be in
before the end of
be issued as soon
approval has been received. It is ex
pected that money will be available to
the hospital shortly after the first
of next month.
An estimated $1,500 has been saved
by the town in handling the deben
tures locally rather than selling them
through a bond house, the mayor said.
farce
social
April
Orvis
prac-
ENGAGEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Smith, Bel
grave, wish to announce the engage
ment .of” their youngest daughter,
Margaret Irene, to Mr. James Ken
nedy Lamont, youngest son of Mr.
and Mrs. Samual Lamont, Manson,
Manitoba, the marriage to take place
the early part of April.F30*
ENGAGEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Earl McNee, of Bel
more, announce the engagement of
their daughter, Edna Joy, to Private
Walter Russell Vella, R.C.A.S.C. of
Camp Borden, the wedding, to take
place the middle of April in Knox
United Church, Belmore. F30*
Former Wingham Man Honored
By Friends on Retirement
V Chester R. Copeland, a native of
Wingham and a brother of Ermine S.
Copeland of town, was feted in Lon
don last week on the occasion of his
retirement from the post office, after
45 years of service as a railway mail
clerk,
Mr. Copeland, who celebrated his
66th birthday last week, joined the
mail service in July of 1910, and serv
ed from 1916 to 1918 in the Postal
Corps in England during the First
War. For 21 years he was a mail clerk
on the old “Huron and Bruce” run. X
Between 1931 and 1955 he served oh
runs to Detroit, Owen Sound and Tor
onto, working chiefly on the CNR, He
was first vice-president of the Rail
way Mail Clerk’s Federation from
1939 to 1944 and was president of the
association from 1944 to 1953, During
his service with the post office he
travelled an estimated million and a
quarter miles.
During the Royal Tour in 1951, Mr.
Copeland was assistant postmaster
on the royal train which carried
Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of
Edinburgh on their Canadian tour?'
Last week more than a score of
postal officials greeted Mr. Copeland
when he completed his last run in
■London. Officials included W. E.
Pearson, district inspector, and W. R.
Henderson, inspector of railway mail
services.
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A reception followed at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. Charles Brad
ford, where he was presented with a
miniature railway car with silver dol
lar wheels and miniature mail bags
filled with money.
More than 35 friends rind relatives
were present from Brampton, Owen
Sound and Wingham, and messages of
good luck were received from as far
as Vancouver and Florida.
nasty
the
last
met
sold to individuals,
themselves are ex
town fort signature
the month, and will
as final department
Mayor R. E. McKinney, who cut
short his holiday in Florida because
of the illness of his father-in-law, W.
H. Gurney, ran into some
weather on his way home from
south.
Leaving Florida on Sunday of
week with Mrs. McKinney, they
with a good deal of rain in the moun
tains and on arriving at Cincinnati
the rain turned to snow. Coming
through Ohio they met several acci
dents on the road due to the slippery
driving conditions, and got stuck in
a two-mile traffic jam. The mayor
says they were nearly blown off the
Ambassador bridge, between Windsor
and Detroit.
Finally, at about 9 o’clock on Tues
day night they arrived in London in
the midst of last week’s blizzard, and,
as the mayor says, it was only the fact
that they were so close to home that
they were able to keep going.
Mr. McKinney says that the temp
erature was 88 in Florida when
left..
they
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BATHER FOR RALLY
Members of the North Huron Farm
Forums attended the annual forum
rally held in the new District
School at Wingham on Monday
ing. Mrs. Gordon Greig presided
program of solos, duets, piano
and accordion-numbers, presented by
members of the different groups.
Mr. Greig introduced the speaker
of the evening, Padre W. A. Young,
of the O.A.C. Guelph, who gave a
splendid talk. He told of the pioneer
work of his grandparents, who came
to Middlesex about one hundred years
ago. With little capital and plenty of
faith, courage and hard work, they
made a home and living for their
family out of the bush land. “Now
we find only 12 per cent of the people
on farms, and yet, Canada expects
them to feed her growing population,”
the speaker said. The result is bigger
mechanized farms with heavy expense
and little help from labor, still de
pending on the farm output. He
stressed the need of co-operation as
farmers sink or swim together.
Charles doultes moved a vote of
appreciation. Mr. Greig diveded the
audience into four groups to discuss
the- problem of where these meetings
should be held, the suggested cost of
meetings held in the school, and the
charging of $15 for the use of the
assembly room and
of the cafeteria.
After considering
similar schools in the district, a com
mittee of the chairmen of the groups,
drew up an approved resolution to
be presented to the school board sug
gesting that no charge be made for
these meetings, and when meetings
are held by the ratepayers of the
school, charges should be kept at a
minimum. Lunch was served in
cafeteria.
Kinettes Again Give
H.S. Scholarship
The regular meeting of the Wing
ham Kinette Club was held at the
home of Mrs. Calvin Burke. President
Edith Walker conducted the business.
A donation was granted to the Can
cer Fund, the Canadiari Red Cross
and the Easter Seal campaign. The
annual scholarship of $100 was given
to Mr. Stanley Hall, principal of the
Wingham District High School, to be
presented to the student with the
highest mark in Grade 13.
A very interesting and demonstra
tive talk was then given the Kinettes
on "How to Make Fancy Sandwiches”
by Mrs. Nichol. A lovely lunch was
served by the hostess. The next meet
ing will be held at the home of Mrs.
Len Crawford on April 11th.
Wingham Girl Wins
Radio at Kitchener
'(.Lois Gilkinson was the lucky lady
at the Ice-Cycles in Kitchener on
Saturday night when, as holder of
the lucky program, she was presented
with an Electrohom Skylark radio and,
record player.
Miss Gilkinson was one of a party
of six from Wingham which attended
the ice show in Kitchener. Others
were Barbara and Marjorie Currie,
Mrs. R. J. Currie, Florence Harris and
Mrs. Harold Gilkinson.
$10 for the use
the charges in
the
W. I. EUCHRE AND BRIDGE
DECIDED SUCCESS
ONE-ACT FESTIVAL
TO BE HELD HEBE
A comedy, a drama and a
make up the program for the second
annual Wingham Drama Festival be
ing presented at the Town
Thursday and Friday evenings.
The plays are entitled “Joint
ers in Spain", “The Monkey’s
and "Hanging Uncle Henry”.
Departing from the normal
cedure of conducting the adjudication
on the final night of the festival, the
Wingham Community Players have
arranged for adjudication following
Thursday night’s performance. This
was done, according to club president
Vin Dittmer, because “we want very
much the Wingham audience’ to hear
Don Sinclair and he has a
adjudication engagement in
Friday night”
The adjudicator is from
where he is actively engaged in dra
matic and recreational work. His
three recent courses on various phases,
of drama production have greatly
impressed the local
attended.
The winning play
will be
Trophy,
byterian
duction
sticks.”
a Lake
winning
eter. This will be held in Palmerston
April 15th.
Hall,
Own-
Paw”
pro
previous
Durham
Guelph
people who have
from this festival
the Lion’s Clubawarded
won last year by the Pres-
Young People for their pro
of “The Bishop’s Candle-
The winners Will also enter
Huron competition against
plays from Clinton and Ex-
CELLAR ACCIDENTS
INJURE TWO
^Cellars were responsible for a couple
of accidents in Wingham last week,
but both accident victims were al
lowed to go home after treatment in
Wingham General Hospital.
Mrs. Stanley Snell, 16 Glenwood
Ave., London, fell into a cellar-way
at her brother’s home here on Wed
nesday and received painful injuries
to her left ankle. The ankle was
strapped with tape at the hospital.
A similar accident occurred to
Mrs. Kathleen Hamilton, of Wingham,
on the same day, when she fell down
the cellar steps, sustaining painful
injuries, also to her left ankle.
On Friday, Carol Greig, 12-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon
Greig, of Bluevale, fractured bones
in her left foot when she fell at
school while playing touch tag. A
walking cast was applied at the hos
pital and the girl was allowed to go
home. 1*
New Grants by Provincial Govt
Will Help to Hold Local Tax Rate
a leading part in the movement for
betterment of farming conditions and
pointed to’ the tremendous time and
interest he brings to bear upon the
fields he serves for Mr. Daynard is
minister of three United Churches in
the Staffa area, he is secretary-field-
man for the Perth Countv Federation
of Agriculture and handles his own
100-acre farm. Bob also mentioned
the fact that the speaker was the or
ganizer of the Staffa Community
Workshop, a project which has since
been copied in many other centres. It
dedicated to the cause of better un
derstanding between farmers and
those in other walks of life.
Speaker Traces History of Federation
Mr. Daynard spoke chiefly of the
role which is being played so well
by the Federation of Agriculture at
all levels throughout Canada. To open
his address he outlined the history of
agriculture throughout the past 50
years and the problems which have
arisen.
“There has been more change in
agricultural methods and in the lives
of farm people in the last 50 years,”
he said, “than there were in the 5,000
years before the changes began to
occur.”
The speaker described these chang
es as a new industrial revolution and
said that not even all farming people
are fully aware of the significance of
the sweeping changes which are tak- •
ing place, he stated that only a few
years ago 85% of the Canadian labor
force was engaged in farming. Today
that figure has shrunk to 15% and
the introduction of new methods has
increased the production per farmer
by 70%.
No Longer “Subsistence” Worker
Mr. Daynard said that the most
important fact of this change is that
the farmer is no longer a mere “sub
sistence” laborer, who produces most
of his own needs and lives almost in
dependently of his neighbors in towns
and cities. The farmer of today is an
industrialist, a business man, and a
capitalist, whose work and life is an
integral and vital part of the fabric
of national and international life. The
investment required to keep one in
dustrial worker busy is $3700, but in
the case of the Canadian farmer the
investment needed is $8200.
Since production on Canadian farms
has risen so sharply the farmer has
become vitally concerned with tariffs
and trade, for he no longer consumes
the major portion of his own produc
tion. He must sell surplus produce if
he is to survive and meet his pay
ments for purchases from the remain
der of the people who make up the
Canadian community. Thus it is that
town and city folk,
farmers, have heard so much in re
cent years about the latter’s struggle
to secure his fair share of the nation
al income and some measure of stab
ility in the markets which purchase
the output of the farms. Even today
Canadian farmers receive only 9%
of the total national income, despite
the fact that they represent 15% of
the national labor force.
Purpose of Federation
The Federation of Agriculture was
formed 19 years ago, by uniting most
of the farm organizations which were
then in existence, in order to secure
a stronger voice in government, to
inform and unite farming people, and
to provide improved public relations
with other groups and classes in the
Canadian social structure.
Mr. Daynard outlined the various
methods which have been employed by
the Federation, with the support of
government, to carry the farming in
dustry toward greater financial se
curity. Pooling of produce was one t>f
the earlier procedures, and latterly
the establishment of floor prices at
non-incentive levels has proved rea
sonably satisfactory. At the present
time there are 20 consumer marketing
boards operating in this province, and
in this manner farm produce is
marketed, without government assist
ance, and the most advantageous mar
kets.
A plan in which the Federation is
deeply concerned is an international
agency which would be responsible
for the distribution of surplus farm
produce to those lands which are in
greatest need. It is felt that such a
program would not only assist in the
problem of over-production in our own
areas, but would be the greatest
possible contribution to the cause of
peace and human well-being.
Lion Don Nasmith expressed the
appreciation of his listeners to Mr.
Daynard, and voiced the general
opinion when he said that it had been
an outstanding evening, The club
president added his own thanks, not
only to the speaker, but to the rural
guests who had accepted the invita
tion of the Lions.
Walter Woods, of Turnberry, ex
pressed the appreciation of the guests
for the hospitality extended by the
Liohs.
as well as the
problem in Wingham, but that due to
increasing costs and debentures on
the new hospital wing and the high
school, more money will be needed
to finance the town this year. He is
hoping that the grants from the de
partment will offset any need for an
increase in the mill rate.
A total of $69,233.25 will be passed
out in unconditional grants to munici
palities in Huron county this year by
the department
the county are as follows
$4',544.25; Exeter, $3,274.25;
$8,664.25; Seaforth, $4,738.50;
$987.50; Brussels, $1,013.75;
$1,022.75. Townships in the
will receive the following
Grey, $2,627.25; Howick, $3,812.25; Mor
ris, $2,048.25; Turnberry, .$1,830.75;
East Wawanosh, $1,643.75; West
Wawanosh, $1,284.50.
A letter confirming unconditional
grants amounting to $4,738.50 was
received last week by town clerk W.
A. Galbraith from the Department of
Municipal Affairs.
The grant is broken down in the
following proportions: municipal per
capita grant, $1,954.50;
school grant, $1,384.00;
school grant, $1,400.00.
grants will be passed on to the school
boards for educational purposes.
The grants announced this year are
additional to a grant of $4,169.60
received from the department last
year. They arc described as uncon
ditional help for “special welfare
matters”, and are used in Some muni
cipalities to offset increased welfare
costs dud to unemployment.
Mayor R. E. McKinney says that
welfare is hot a particularly big
elementary
secondary
The school
Grants to towns in
; Clinton,
Goderich,
; Blyth,
Hensall,
vicinity
grants:
theThe euchre and bridge
^Council Chambers on
afternoon last, sponsored
held in
Wednesday
by the W.
I. was a decided Success. There were
23 tables in play. Winners for the
euchre, were Mrs. Harry Browne, Jr.,
and bridge, Mrs. Gordon Gannett,
while the birthday held neatest that
day was won by Mrs. Elsie Sturdy,