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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1955-06-01, Page 1■*> Subscription $3.00 .per year, 7c per copy ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By The Pedestrian WINGHAM, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1st, 1955 With which is amalgamated the Gorrie Vidette and Wroxeter News SOLD - FOR ONE DOLLAR! I v IM’ K 38 Plans for a Morris Township cen­ tennial celebration in 1956 got well under way on Monday night when over 50 residents of the township gathered in the Morris Community Hall for a second meeting to discuss details of the event. The celebration is scheduled for August 4, 5 and 6, 1956. A letter was read from the village of Brussels, offering the facilities of the village for the celebration, and the co-operation of the Brussels council. Martin Grasby, of Belgrave, said that Belgrave would be pleased to hold the celebrations there if the celebration committee so desired. A vote was taken and it was agreed to hold the main portion of the cele­ bration in Brussels. Individual re­ unions will be held at the various school sections in the township on Saturday, August 4th, Chairman James Michie then called for reports from chairmen of the different school sections in the town­ ship. Most of these reported that meetings had been held in the school sections since the first meeting of the committee in April of this year. Considerable enthusiasm for the pro­ ject was reported and many sugges­ tions were made for activities during the celebration. Some of the school sections reported that they had al­ ready started raising funds for their own individual re-unions to be held at the school sections, To Gather Names It was decided that members of the school section committees ,should gather names for the invitations to old Transfer of the old Wingham District High School building to W. T. Cruickshank for use as a television station was made last week when Mayor R. E. McKinney formally handed over the deed of the old building to the new owners. Above, Mayor McKinney holds a dollar bill in payment fpr the building, while Mr. Cruickshank and his son,* G. W. Cruickshank examine the deed. —Staff Photo. KINCARDINE PARADE old QUITE QUIET —Official nomina­ tions for the coming provincial elec­ tion were held at the town hall last Thursday-, and things were indeed quiet. As the deadline for nomina­ tions drew near only about ten per­ sons were visible in the hall, and both the candidates agreed that there was little point in addressing so small an audience. Old timers are no doubt wondering what the race is coming ;to when bnly a handful turn out to .a nomination meeting. > 0-0-0 NO .NEWS, ETC.—Welcome news .from the .hospital this week was the .fact that there were, no accidents treated there in the past seven days. 'In cases like that we’re glad when ■there isn’t any news. 0-0-0 STILL BURNING—People who have been bragging about how. little fuel ■they got away with last winter have been revising their estimates lately. ‘Many’s the chimney that has been smoking during the past week, and here we are into the month of June. Perhaps there’s something in the saying about July and winter. 0-0-0 BACK VISITING—The good days of Wingham’s incursion into fast­ ball were recalled by many this week when Guy Sparrow, erstwhile ’ Wing- .ham softball hurler, paid a visit to ■town. Guy will be playing for Mea­ lord this summer and is reported to have signed with, the New York Knickerbockers for basketball for this winter. . 0-0-0 '\FISH STORY—Art Furness held his audience spellbound this week as he told the story of the big one he had the tussle ‘with on the prairie. Mea­ sured 22 inches long and tipped the scales at 5 lbs. 6 ozs., he said. Fish­ ing with a light fly rod and tapered leader, it took him 35 minutes to beach the monster and then it was only with the assistance of his wife, who hastily improvised a gaff hook and made the landing possible. Made. a good story, until he came to the clincher. Turned out the piscatorial wonder was a Maitland River carp.X^ A 0-0-0 A COME IN!—Hearing strange noises at the fire escape door of one of the classrooms at the public school, a teacher opened the door to investi­ gate and was nearly knocked over by a dog which rushed in the open door. According to reports the pu­ pils all disclaimed any knowledge of the dog’s ownership and in the en­ duing confusion, who could tell? 0-0-0 LIKE FLORIDA?—Water sports on •■the upper dam are becoming popular these days, with speed boat owners, some of whom seem to be under the Impression that they are reincarna­ tions of Sir Malcolm Campbell. We have yet to see the bathing beauties ■on water skis, like they have in Flor­ ida, but perhaps that will come. In the meantime we hope his aim is good every time we see one of« the speed artists go through the McKenzie bridge. DISTRICT HIGH SCHORL IS SETTING FOR LIONS Cl llll LADIES’ NIGHT The cafeteria at the new Wingham District High School provided dining accommodation for more than 150 members of the local Lions Club, their ladies and guests, as well as Lions and ladies from the neighbouring club at Teeswater, on Friday evening. Preceding the dinner Earl Heywood and his musicians', of CKNX fame, provided entertainment, and later they, were featured on the program. President Bob Hetherington was in the chair and Lion Gord Buchanan managed to nick all and sundry in his capacity as tail twister. Catering for the event was looked after by Lion and Mrs. Whitney Grose of Hotel Brunswick. Readings in French Canadian di­ alect by Clifford Coultes were thor­ oughly enjoyed and as a surprise portion of the program Hugh Gage, formerly of Wingham, was heard in two violin selections, to the complete delight of the gathering. The guest “speaker” was Merle Tingley, editorial cortoonist for the London Free Press, and his presenta­ tion proved extremely popular, for rather than giving an address on his work, he made a running and humor­ ous commentary on a series of cartoons done before the audience. The ease and speed with which his pictures took shape, drew continued applause. He was introduced by Lion Barry Wenger and -appreciation was extended by Gordon Dickinson, presi­ dent of the Teeswater club. The appreciation of the ladies to the Lions Club was ably expressed by Mrs. Wilbur Tiffin. Wins Bursary at Guelph O.A.C. ^Murray Gaunt who is year at the Ontario College, Guelph, taking associate diploma course 1 his report and he is first in a class of 87. He is also the winner in a group of four subjects, namely bacteriology botany, entomology, zoology and this entitles him to a first year bursary of $25. Murray was a student of Wingham District High School. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Gaunt, Lucknow, Ontario, A in his first Agricultural the 2 year has received Local Girl Feted On Graduation Miss Shirleyl Lockridge, Reg.N., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lockridge, of town, was presented last week at .a* graduation tea held by the Sisters^! of St. Joseph’s in London for the graduating class of nurses. In the; evening graduation exercises were conducted in Thames Hall. Following the. ceremonies there, a reception was held for the graduates at the Knotty ,. Pine Inn, which rela­ tives and friends attended. Brownie Pack and Scout Troop Formed in Wingham Last Week Patricia Brophy Wins Scholarship AMiss Patricia Brophy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Brophy, who was one of a class of 76 nurses to graduate from St. Joseph’s Hospital, London, on Wednesday of • last week, received a scholarship valued at $350, for one year post-graduate work at the Uni­ versity of Western Ontario. The scholarship was awarded by the Hos­ pital Auxiliary. Upon completion of her training on September 1st, Patricia plans to nurse for a year before taking this course. T Four Ball Teams in Town Will ANGLICANS MARK ENGAGEMENT Mr. and Mrs. George E. Heffernan wish to announce the engagement of their daughter, Darlene Gertrude, of Toronto, to Mr. James Wilfred Sed- don, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Sed- don, of Catherine St., Wingham, the marriage to take place at Mount Den- "nis Baptist Church, Mount Dennis, Toronto, at 2.30 o’clock, Saturday, June 4, 1955. Fib Liven Summer Sport Schedule TO HOLD DANCE The Wroxeter Community Club will hold a dance on Wednesday evening, June 1st, in the Town Hall, Wilbees Orchestra will supply the music. Pro­ ceeds in aid of building fund. . Fl* HOWICK LIONS CLUB PRESENTS— “Are People Funny—Come and See” :in the Wroxeter community hall on .Friday, June 17, at 8.30. Mail bag con­ test. Finish the Lions slogan, “Liberty, intelligence, Our Nation’s What?” $5.00 worth of merchandise if your .letter with the correct answer is drawn, this being doubled to $10.00 worth of merchandise if you are in the hall at the time of draw. Send letters to Kenneth Edgar, Box 59, Wroxeter and mark them “Contest”. Send as many letters as you wish— but ’’do it now. Make a date to be with us on Friday, June 17 and take a lot for a little. Over $160.00 in prizes. Fl,8,15b Four Wingham ball teams are sche­ duled to take the field this summer,, with boys and girls being equally represented on the roster. . **The Wingham Juveniles, which last year Won the Ontario Championship, will be at full strength again this year, under the coaching of Vic Loughlean. Hurler Keith Lancaster, who last year helped considerably in the championship victory, will be living in Wingham during the summer and will be playing again this year. Catcher Ken Hodgkinson, who during the winter months was attending school at St. Michael’s college in To­ ronto, will be home for the holidays and will also be able to play. With a full complement of players, chances for the Juveniles took pretty bright this year. The team is under the sponsorship ,of the 99th Battery, R.C.A., with Sgt. Bill Grover as man­ ager. It will play in a WOAA Inter­ mediate loop, with schedules below. The town Will have two ladies’ teams this year, with both junior and intermediate girls (being represented. Last year the intermediate girls gave a good account of themselves, and it is hoped that this year the juniors will do as well, a loop consisting seis, Paisley and Teeswater, while the Intermediates will play a schedule of games with Mount Forest, Goderich, Brussels, Clifford, Pinkerton and Paisley. The sole hardball team in town will be the bantams, who will play in a loop consisting of Mildmay, Eben- 'zer, Walkerton and Harriston. Schedules for the four teams are below. INTERMEDIATE SOFTBALL May Londesboro Brussels Wroxeter at at at 30—Belgrave ... Belmore Wingham Winthrop at Bluevale June 1— Bluevale at Belgrave Brussels at Belmore Blyth at Wingham Stone School at Winthrop 2— Londesboro at Wroxeter 3— Wingham at Blyth Brussels at Bluevale Belgrave M Belmore Winthrop at Wroxeter 4— Londesboro at Stone School i Scouting activities in Wingham seemed to be due'for an increase last week when inaugural meetings of both a Brownie Pack and a Scout Troop were held. On Wednesday afternoon 69 girls between the ages of 8 and 12 register­ ed as Brownies, at a meeting held in the United Church. The local as­ sociation had planned to form two packs, with 24 girls in each pack, but with the large number of registrations it was decided to-form three groups, with Miss Norma Sherwood, Miss Janet Thomson and Mrs. Don Cam­ eron as group leaders, or Brown Owls. Their assistants, who are called Tawny Owls, will be recruited from the mothers of the Brownies. The next meeting of the Brownies will be held today at 4.30. Present plans call for two or three meetings this month, after which the pack ac­ tivities will be discontinued for the balance of the summer, starting again in the fall. The nucleus of a Boy Scout Troop in Wingham was formed on Friday night, when six boys between the ages of six to twelve years met at the town hall to discuss the forming of a Scout troop, under the leader­ ship of Scoutmaster Miles Overend and Assistant Scoutmaster Bob Lewis. Present plans call for a patrol of eight boys aS a starting unit, with more to be added when the present nucleus has become trained. A full Boy Scout troop consists of 32 boys. Five members of the new troop have .had previous experience in the Wingham Cub pack. The first eight members are Brian Rider, Paul Ben­ nett, Byron Adams, David Carr, Walt McKibbon, Teddy Wormworth, Wilf. Pocock and Ken Fitzpatrick. Activities of the Scouts will con­ tinue throughout the summer and it is hoped that other boys will be added to the troop by September 1st. Over 60 Cubs and eight leaders from Wingham were in Kincardine on Sun­ day for the annual Saugeen District Boy Scout parade, which was held at Knox Presbyterian Church. A total of over 400 Scouts and Cubs from the Saugeen district, including Lucknow, Walkerton, Wiarton, Mar, Neustadt, Port Elgin, Paisley, Clavering, South­ ampton, Durham, Tara, Hanover, Kemble and Kincardine were present for the occasion. The parade assembled at the park and marched down the main street to the church. During the service pre­ sentations were made to Mayor John A. Reynolds, who has served for 35 years as a Scouter in Kincardine, G. Harvey Linklater and Robert Kearns. Mayor Reynolds was present­ ed with a long service medal with five bars by District Field Commis­ sioner Harry Firth, of London, and Mr. Linklater and Mr. Kearns were both presented with “Thanks Badges” for their many years of vice on the executive of sociation. Following the church Cubs and Scouts paraded back the park past the saluting base, where Mr. Firth took the salute. At a brief service in the park they were address­ ed by Saugeen District Commissioner A. Gowanlock, of Walkerton. be sent out and that the invitations would be mailed by the invitations committee after checking over the names. Reeve Bailie Parrott an­ nounced that the Morris Council had offered a prize at the Belgrave School Fair for the best letterhead and invi­ tation for the celebration, Harry Sturdy, of Auburn, reviewed some of the details of the Auburn Centennial celebration of last year,, and Miles Overend, ^of Wingham, gave details of the successful 75th. anniversary celebrations in Wingham. Mr. Sturdy pointed out that the Auburn celebration has been financed, by selling shares in the project at $5.00 per share. These were redeemed after it had been found that the event had made money. A discussion of finance followed, with some people in favor of the share idea and others maintaining that the township council should advance funds for the celebration. Councillor Walter Shortreed pointed out that the council by law could only spend $500 in this way without pas­ sing a by-law. Reeve Bailie Parrott said that the council would pass the necessary money if people. It was council should advance enough money to finance a program on Sunday and Monday, and that the school section committees' should be responsible for the programs at the schools on Sat­ urday. On the question of Union Schools, part of which are outside the town­ ship, it was decided to include those former pupils from outside the town­ ship limits, and to send out tions to them. Committees Named The following officers were at the meeting: Chairman, Michie; vice-chairman, Bill secretary. George Martin; treasurer, Ralph Shaw. . Committee chairmen named were: Publicity and invitation, Dick Proc­ ter; parade, Milo Casemore; sports, Ken Taylor; program, .Walter Short­ reed; grounds, Morris Council; booth and refreshments, Jim Meyer; wel­ coming, Bailie Parrott; decorating, Bill Peacock; parking; Jack Bryans; registration, Harvey Johnston; fi­ nance, C. R. Coultes. Four honorary chairfnen were nam­ ed : Elston Cardiff, M.P., Judge Irwin Ferguson, George Beilby and W. T. Cruickshank. It was decided that each of the committee chairmen should be given a committee consisting of one man from each school section, and that school section chairmen should ap­ point men to these committees by July 1st. hy-law it was finally They will play in of Harriston, Brus­ 0 Wingham at Belgrave (Wing­ ham Park) 6—Belgrave, at Bluevale Brussels at Wingham Blyth at Londosboro Stone School at Wroxeter Belmore at Winthrop (Cotitmttcd on page two) Minister Receives Call to (Wellandport ■^.Rcv. C. D. Cox, who has been minis­ ter of Knox United Church, Belgrave, and Brick United Church in East Wawanosh for the past has received a call to United Church. He will take over his on July 1st. three years, Wcllandport new charge faithful, ser- the local as- service the to Lady Golfers Enjoy One=Club Tournament "'N-Lady playing members at the local golf club enjoyed a potluck supper on Monday night and afterwards played a one-club tournament. Mrs. Reg. DuVal had the low gross. Mrs. Bill Conron, Mrs. Jack Day and Mrs. Gary Gibson won the hidden holes. ’'Y to advance more the wish of the decided that the our love was Special services were held on Sun­ day morning in St. Paul’s Anglican Church, to mark the anniversary of the founding of the parish 88 years ago. It was in 1867 that the Rev. Wm. Murphy came to Wingham to hold the first Church of England services, while the first St. Paul’s Church was opened on New Year’s Day, 1869. The anniversary services commen­ ced with the service of Holy Com­ munion at 8.30 a.m., followed by a breakfast for the men in the parish room. Guest speaker at the .breakfast was the Venerable J. N. H. Mills, diocesan commissioner, who spoke to the men on the subject of Steward­ ship, pointing out that it is a Biblical doctrine leading us to give of time and resources because of for God. The service of morning prayer conducted by the rector, the Rev. H, L. Parker with Archdeacon Mills as guest preacher. In his sermoh' the archdeacon drew his illustrations from the needs of the Church of England in the Diocese of Athabasca, from which he recently returned, after completing a 9,000-mile tour. Urging the large congregation to support the work of the church in the Peace River coun­ try with their prayers and resources, Archdeacon Mills told of the 18 clergy serving parishes covering thousands of square miles. He commended the people of the Diocese of Huron for their generous support of the work through bales sent to the missionaries but stressed that unless the work of the church is doubled the future for the church in that area will be most difficult. In one small town more people attended a Communist meeting than attended the church services. The choir, under the direction of William M. Connell, sang the anthem, “Glory in the Highest,” by Mont­ gomery. Two Electrical Storms Batter Farms in Howick Township Electrical storms, accompanied by hail, violent rain and a miniature tornado struck twice in the Wroxeter- Gorrie area last week, causing con­ siderable damage and setting two barns on fire. On Tuesday lightning struck a barn in Howick Township owned by Ross Sanderson on Lot 2, Concession 5, during one of the season’s worst elec­ trical storms. Lost in the blaze were several implements and a quantity of hay and grain. Cattle were out in the fields at the time of the fire. The toss was estimated at $4,000, partly covered by insurance. The fire was started during a storm which assumed almost hurricane pro­ portions in the Wroxeter and Gorrie areas. Trees were uprooted and roads blocked by fallen limbs, while low- lying areas were flooded. Hydro power was off in some sections and several roads were covered by the rising waters of the Maitland River. Second Storm Saturday A second Storm followed in the wake of the first on Saturday afternoon causing damage to several farms in the same district, During the height of the storm lightning struck a barn on the farm of Gordon Griffith, 2% miles north of Gorrie. the the be- The blaze was seen by neighbors who fought the fire with wet sacks and limbs of trees until the Wingham Fire Department arrived. Water had to be brought from a creek nearby. The lightning bolt knocked off lightning rods and fire destroyed north corner of the barn, before ing brought under control. Firemen and volunteers battled the blaze for nearly two hours. Heavy rain during the fire helped keep the flames from spreading. During the same storm high winds tore off part of the roof of the barn of Ray Louttit, who lives about a half a mile from Wroxeter, and demolish­ ed his driving shed and garage. The colony house which sheltered several hundred chickens was overturned and two trees near the house were broken off, while a large tree in a nearby field was uprooted. Fortunately only a small number of chickens were killed. Mrs. Louttit was atone in the house when the storm broke. The wind was so strong that she was unable to close the door until help arrived. In the village of Gorrie a largo elm tree near the residence of Dr. Mills was struck by lightning, as well as several television aerials. invita- elected James Elston; ENGAGEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Roy Mann, announce the engagement daughter, Audrey Carmen Mr. Robert John Gamble, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lome Gamble, Bluevale, the wedding to take place the middle of June. Fl* of Gorrie, of their Hazel, to NOTICE Wingham Progressive Conservatives are requested to meet in the Commit­ tee Rooms in the Queens Hotel on Thursday, June 2nd, at 8 p.m. Every­ body welcome. Fib VVINGHAM UNITED CHURCH FLOWER SERVICE The Sunday School anniversary and. flower service will be held on June 5, with identical services at 11.00 a.m. and 7.00 p.m. The theme for the ser­ vice, “The Eyes of God”. The speaker, Rev. Horace Burkholder, of Toronto. Everyone is invited to attend. Fib LADIES’ AUXILIARY MEETING The Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Wing­ ham General Hospital will hold its regular meeting in the council cham­ ber on Friday, June 3, at 3 p.m. Fib SPECIAL SPEAKER AT SALVATION ARMY Brigadier and Mrs. M. Flannigan, of Hamilton, will be conducting tho Sunday services at The Salvation Army at 11 a.m. and-7 p.m., Sunday, Juno 5th. Elb