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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1955-07-20, Page 9With which is amalgamated the CJorrie Vidette and Wroxeter News 'Subscription $3.00 per year, 7c per copy WINGHAM, ONTARIO, WWW*. JULY 20, 1955 —GUiM— HONG THE MAIN DRAG By The Pedestrian FASTER THAN FLYING—Albert V Steen, a visitor in these parts from Aylesbury, Sask., reports that the,, fast train from the West is faster than flying, apparently. Twenty-four hours before he left Saskatchewan to come to Wingham he airmailed a letter to his brother here, asking him to meet the train. When no one was there to meet him he looked into the matter and found that he had got here before the airmail letter. The letter arrive^ the following day. 0-0-0 DANGEROUS CURVE—The town council is trying to get the Depart­ ment of Highways to shave off 15 feet from the Fry & Blackhall corner, cut­ ting the curb back 75 feet on Diagonal Road and 50 feet, on Victoria Street. The move will meet with the approval of most Wingham motorists who at one time or other have tried to negot­ iate the corner on two wheels. The* Wingham P.U.C. has co-operated by moving a lamp post which would have hindered the project. 0-0-0 FILLING STATIONS—A pair of humming birds,' which would other­ wise probably have found the main street rather dull fare, have been seen lately making the rounds of Wing­ ham’s famous flowerpots. With, flow­ er pots the length of the main street and two of them on some posts, we imagine the round trip would be quite a safari. BL- FLAGPOLE WARMING—La t<™ Wingham entry in the hall of fame is Jerry Fry, local ball player, who got his name in headlines recently by sitting on top of a flagpole at the Kitchener Ball park in an attempt to get more fans out to the ball games. Perhaps the Wingham arena coirimis- sion should hire Jerry for the winter. 0 - 0 - u SHORTS STORY—With all the cute young things running around in very abbreviated shorts these days, some­ one has suggested a contest to deter­ mine who is wearing the shortest shorts. The idea has a lot of possibili­ ties, and with a bit of ballyhoo might add considerably to Wingham’s attrac­ tions during the summer months. In fact it might be a good idea to make it an annual event. A new town zoning by-law which would divide Wingham into four dif­ ferent classified areas, is being sought by Mayor R. E. McKinney and mem­ bers of the town council{ The idea behind the plan would be to apportion the cost of developing new areas as reasonably as possible, and to classify possible industrial sites as such, there­ by making the town more attractive to prospective industries. Mayor McKinney was in Toronto on Friday conferring with officials of the Department of Planning and De­ velopment on the question of having the town zoned, and is optimistic about the results of his visit. “The Department is swamped with requests for help from other towns and cities, but I hope we may be able Two New Men at Crossett Motors 'Sjim Boyle, a native of Lucknow, has been appointed to. the position of service manager at Crossett Motors, and assumed his new duties on Mon­ day morning. A veteran in the auto­ motive field, with 21 years experience in the business, Mr. Boyle had his own garage >at Kinlough. He takes the place of Ralph Seddon, who has moved to Kitchener. Mr. Boyle, who is married and has in to to is of >.two girls, is at present residing e s t 'Holyrood, but will ®be moving Wingham as soon as he is able find accommodation here. He anxious to make the acquaintance Crossett customers and' to welcome old friends in the district. Another newcomer in the Crossett organization is Roy Durst, of Strat­ ford, who joined the compa,ny re­ cently. Formerly employed with Hawken Motors, of th- t citv, Mr. Durst is a body mechani' with some eight years’ experience o i all types of body work. He has a family of two children and is at present* living in Wingham. Correction In Remington’s IGA advertisement on page eleven, giant size Duz is ad­ vertised at 15c. This is a typographi­cal error, which should read 75c. MIL SCHOOL BOARD TO ERECT FENCC A special meeting of the Public School Board, under the chairmanship of Scott Reid, was called for Friday Slight last week, to discuss the quest­ ion of a new fence around the school playground. It was decided to fence a portion of the playground behind the new school this year with a 6-foot fence and consider the matter of fenc- - ing the rest of the playground next . year. Estimates on the cost of the fence will be procured, and it ’ is expected that the work will be completed by next September. The board also decided to cement a muddy patch of ground between the old and the new school covering an area of approximately 40 feet square. Herb Fuller, board representative at the annual meeting of the Urban and Rural School Trustee Association, held at Bigwin Inn, gave a report of Jtehe convention to members of Board. Lady Golfers Hold Bridge Seven tables of bridge were in play on Thursday afternoon at the regular meeting of the ladies’ section of the Wingham Golf Club. Winners werp: First, Mrs. G. Ross; second, Mrs. W. J. Adams. Travelling prize was won by Mrs, C. B, Armi­tage. Hostesses for the day were Mrs. W. H. French, Mrs. W. W. Gurney, Miss Christina Isbister and Miss K. Pringle. the Award Contract John W. Hanna, local member of the Legislature, has received word from James N. Allan, Minister of Highways, that the contract for grad­ ing, culverts and granular base on Highway 86 from Molesworth west has been awarded to Antici Construc­ tion Co. Ltd.. Of St. Catharines. NO PAPER ON AUGUST 3 Staff holidays for the employees of The Advance-Times have been set for July 28th until August 4th, and The Advance-Times will not be published the week of August 3rd. Advertisers wishing to take adver­ tising space during that week are asked to place their, ads in next week’s issue, published on July 27th. NOTICE There will be a supper at the Wing­ ham Golf Club on Wednesday, July 27th at 5.30 p.m. All members, assoc­ iate members and their friends are welcome. F20b NOTICE A Commencing today, (Wednesday) the office of the Motor Vehicles Branch will be located temporarily at the home of Mrs. Lloyd Kingston, corner of Leopold and Alfred Streets, until further notice owing to the ill­ ness of Mrs. James Sell. F20b NOTICE Harry Browne’s Shoe Repair will be closed August 1st td August 6th inclusive. ^20:27* to get some assistance by September 15th,” he haid. The Mayor added that he expects the department will send one of their zoning experts to Wing­ ham, after which the zoning by-law can be prepared. Four Classifications Under the zoning plan the areas would be divided into ___ classifications, residential, commercial, industrial and farm lands inside the town. Within these classifications ex­ isting buildings would be left alone but new building would be restricted to the area of its own classification. Industrial building would be restrict­ ed in residential areas and residential building would not be allowed in in­ dustrial areas. Under a sub-division control by-law town four DOLLAR DAY SUPPLIES AT ADVANCE-TIMES Members of the Wingham Busi­ ness Association are asked to pick up their free draw tickets at The Advance-Times office. Also available are penants for use in decorating stores and win­ dows. The A-T office will be open Wednesday afternoon for the bene­ fit of those who have not yet pick­ ed up their tickets. The signed tickets which have been deposited by customers are to be returned to The Advance- Times office and the draw for cash prizes will take, place at the town hall at 9 pan., Saturday, July 30. The prizes of $25.00, $15.00 and $10.00 will be paid in silver dollars. LADIES Of THE W I. VISIT NIAGARA FALLS About thirty-six members of the Women’s Institute and their friends had a very enjoyable, sight-seeing bus trip to Niagara Falls on Wednes­ day, July 13th. Among the many places of interest seen were the beautiful sunken gard­ ens at Hamilton, Brock’s monument at Queenston, the Nabisco Shredded Wheat factory and the new Hydro building. The ladies saw a grain boat going through the locks at Thorold and remained for the beautiful illumin­ ation of Niagara Falls by night. Everyone agreed it was a very de­ lightful trip. Wingham Firemen Welcomed New Resuscitator Monday Night The pride and joy of the Wingham Fire Department, a Handy resuscita­ tor which automatically administers artificial respiration in drowning, electrical shock or suffocation acci­ dents, was demonstrated on Monday night at the fire hall by Nels Branni­ gan, representative of the Safety Supply Company, which sold the machine to the fire department. Designed to give a continuous supply of oxygen to a patient for up to 18 hours, the new machine will be carried with the fire truck for emer­ gency use where necessary, and may at some future time save the life of a district resident who might other­ wise have died without the benefit of such equipment. Combination Machine The machine may be used either as a resuscitator, aspirator - or inhalator. As a resuscitator it literally breathes for the patient forcing a stream of pure oxygen into his lungs and ex­ haling for him at modulated intervals simulating the normal breathing of a human being. The machine is superior to • manual methods of arti­ ficial respiration in that it gives a greater expansion to the lung surfaces and supplies pure oxygen rather than air. As an aspirator it exerts sufficient suction to remove obstructing mater­ ial from the throat, such as water, mucus or vomitus. As an inhalator it may be used in less serious cases to supply a constant stream of pure oxygen without using the breathing action of the resuscitator. The machine exerts ' medically-approved pressures which will adjust to the size of the individual lung and signal if an obstruction is present. Completely portable, the resuscita­ tor weighs , in the neighborhood of 30 pounds, and is contained in a com­ pact carrying case which can easily be transported by one or two men to the scene of an accident Addi­ tional oxygen cylinders can be at­ tached which will keep it operating up, to 18 hours if necessary. Bought by Firemen The machine was purchased by Wingham’s volunteer firemen out of their own funds and from donations which have been made by organiza­ tions rind individuals around town. Total cost of the machine is $575, of which approximately $250 Still owing has been put up on a loan basis by individual firemen themselves. The brigade is hoping to raise this Amount in the neat future so that individual members may be paid back, and is planning to buy accessories for the machine as funds become available. Approximately $200 of the cost price of the machine has been, raised by public subscription. Donors to date are: Dr. W. A. McKibbon, $10; Branch 180, Canadian Legion, $50;- Oddfellows C.P. &. T. $25; A. Lewis, $10; Mervin Templeman, $10; Currie’s Ambulance Service, $10; Walker’s Ambulance Service, $10; Bert Arm­ strong, $15; Mary Hastings House­ wives, $50; Arnold Halliday, $4; R. A. Downie, $5. Bowling Tournament The Wingham Ladies’ Bowling Club held its second Ladies’ treble tourna­ ment on Wednesday last with Han­ over, Clinton and Wingham rinks taking part. The winners were: First, Mrs. Brud­ er’s rink from Hanover;' second, Miss Yvonne McPherson, skip, Mrs. Roy Bennett and Mrs.. Harold Edwards; third, Mrs. E. R. Harrison, skip, Mrs. A. M. Crawford and Mrs. T. Smalley; fourth, Mrs. Elliott’s rink from Clin­ ton. the break-up and sale of farm lands 'would be regulated and allowed only in certain specified areas, In orde? to properly apportion the cost of town services, such as sewers, streets, water arid sidewalks, the council might re­ quire up to 5% of the sale price of land in the new sub-division to be paid into public funds. "Generally speaking I feel that we have too much regulation in some ways,” the Mayor told The Advance- Times. “But zoning is necessary to protect people with their present in­ vestment, and also to make it clear to those intending to build what they may expect in the different areas in future, so that they can govern them­ selves accordingly.” First Steps The first steps towards zoning on the part of the town council will be to prepare maps of the town showing which sections will fall into the four classifications. This will require a great deal of work and it is hoped that other members of the community will assist in the planning, as well as members of the town council. After areas in the town have been designated as residential, commercial, industrial or.farm lands, a sub-divis­ ion control by-law will be passed by council confirming the classificiation. "The purpose of zoning is to en­ courage more building in all classifi­ cations and to make it possible to plan for new industries,” Mayor Mc­ Kinney says. “Industry prefers a zoned community, and zoning works to the benefit and fair treatment all citizens.” Started Monday on New Service Station of Work on the new service station on the corner of Albert and Jose­ phine streets was started on Monday morning by the Supertest Petroleum Company. The new service station, which will be modern in every res­ pect, will be completed in approxi­ mately 6 weeks, according to R. E. McKinney, Supertest representative. When a building permit was first issued for the new station, several weeks ago, the matter was protested by garage owners in town, who claimed there was not enough busi­ ness in town to support another gas station. At that time they petitioned the council to rescind the building permit already granted for the new building, and to restrict the building of further service stations in town. A George W. Copeland, B.A, > ^2* ___J TH Ason of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Copeland, of Wingham, whp, was called to the degree of Barrister-at-Law, in Con­ vocation at Toronto last month. A graduate of Wingham cJHigh School in 1945, Mr. Copeland complet­ ed a' course in Honor Business Ad­ ministration at the University of Western Ontario in 1949. He will be practicing law in Toronto with the firm of Hargrave & MacLean.—Ash­ ley-Crippen photo. Finalize Plans for Wingham TV DOLLAR DAY EDITION lljl gggigg^g|igggg'|g|gg| Plans for a Wingham television station were finalized last week, following Cabinet approval of a television station here, when W. T. “Doc” Cruickshank signed an agreement with RCA Victor Company, Ltd., for the major portion of the equipment necessary for building a television transmitting station here. Above, ,W. T. Cruickshank, K. G. Gilchrist, RCA representative, G. W. Cruickshank, who will be manager of the new TV station and Scott Reid, chief .engineer, study a map of the area to be covered by Wingham TV, as Mr. Cruickshank signs the agreement which will put Wingham on the television map.—Staff Photo. BACK FROM WEST TO SEE WHAT EASTERN SUMMERS ARE LIKE XAlbert Steen, of Aylesbury, Saskat­ chewan, who left the Wingham dis­ trict almost fifty years ago to seek his fortune in the West, was a visitor in town this week with his brother, Andy Steen, of Lower Wingham. Mr. Steen came down East to see what our summers are like here, not having ex­ perienced an Ontario summer in the past fifty years, and he said that if the first couple of days were any sample, the Ontario summer is a lot hotter than those they have in Sask­ atchewan. On previous visits to the east Mr. Steen had been here during the winter months. Mr. Steen, who is 83 and .looks about 70, had a lot of nice things to say about the West. He said that in 1953 he took 22,000 bushels of No. 1 wheat off 550 acres, and that since he homesteaded there in 1907 he has only- lost one crop. He leaves the farm in the fall and lives during the winter in one of the neighboring towns, hav­ ing no livestock to care for. Born on the farm now occupied by Bert Thompson, in East Wawanosh, Mr. Steen worked in Regina for sev­ eral months taking his homestead near Aylesbury. He recalls getting the 160-acre farm for $10 after the prev­ ious owner had given it up. Since then he has added to his holdings and he now owns 1,280 acres, although he does not work the farm himself. Mr. Steen expects to be in the neighbourhood for the next five or six weeks, visiting in Wingham, and with another brother, John Steen, of Kincardine. After an absence of 48 years he is still a regular subscriber to The Advance-Times. MARVIN HOWE DOES GOOD TURN FOR SCOUTS F. E. Madill, secretary of the Wingham Group Committee of the Boy Scouts Association, was sur­ prised and pleased last week, when he received a cheque for $10 from Marvin Howe, MJP. for Welling­ ton-Huron, a donation to local Scout funds. Mr. Howe had read in the Ad­ vance-Times that a Scout troop was being formed in Wingham, and that funds were needed to buy equipment, and was anxious to help the boys. He sent the money along with his best wishes for the success of the new Scout troop. The Group Committee and Wing­ ham Scouts are most appreciative of this fine act on the part of Mr. Howe. ASK TOWN TO BUILD LANE AT REAR OF MAIN STREET STORES Local Masons at Anniversary ~\Worshipful Master DeWitt. __ ; Miller and Very Worshipful Brother Herb Fuller, of Wingham Lodge No. 286, were voting delegates at the 100th Anniversary Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M. of Canada in the Province of Ontario, held in Toronto over the week-end. Others attending from the lodge were Alex Coutts, John McGee, Elmer Ireland, Spence Scott and Alex Rob­ ertson. PROCLAMATION <* At the request of a number of citizens I HEREBY PROCLAIM MONDAY, AUGUST 1st, 1955 A PUBLIC CIVIC HOLIDAY for the town of Wingham I hereby call upon all good citizens to observe the same< R, E, McKINNEY, Mayor Merchants on the west side of Jos­ ephine Street, between John and Vic­ toria Streets, will be asked to sign a petition asking the town council to build and maintain a through lane behind building premises on Josephine Street in the near future. The move is part of a plan to ease traffic snarls on the main street, brought about by the unloading of trucks at the front door of business premises, instead of at the back. Police Chief Bert Platt has long been an advocate of getting trucks to unload at the rear of business prem­ ises, but the condition of the lane at the back of buildings on the west side of Josephine Street has made it diffi­ cult for trucks to get in and out. The situation was brought to a head several weeks ago when Tom Saint, Edward Street resident, who owns a barn behind the business section, planted a stout post on his property behind the Welwood store, on a spot which also happens to be the middle of the laneway. Since that time truck­ ers have experienced a certain amount of difficulty in getting in and out of the lane. The petition calls for the town to build a through laneway directly be­ hind the stores, between John Street and Victoria Street. In return for building the laneway, merchants sign­ ing the petition agree to deed over to the town a twenty-foot strip of prop­ erty behind their place of business. The proposed laneway would be wide enough that trucks and tractor trailers could unload at the rear of the stores, relieving traffic congestion on the main street. The town would maintain and plow the lane under the plan. It is understood that the town coun­ cil first proposed the petition after receiving complaints about the post which was obstructing traffic at the roar of the south half of the block. Keen interest is being shown at pre­ sent in the new plant in Wroxeter, owned by Tom Burke, which is about completed and which in a few days will be occupied by 25,000 broilers. The new building, made of cement blocks, is 300 by 37 feet. The building contains 50 windows which took 200 lbs. of putty, and will be heated, along with the brooders, by a propane gas furnace. Flood lights on the two- storey building will prevent crowding in the pens. Work on the plant was done by local people. The story of the broiler industry in this village dates back to 1942 when Thomas Burke purchased from Stuart Higgins 30 hens. In 1945 Mr. Burke built a hen house to accom­ modate 10,000 broilers and last year another addition was made. The pre­ sent plant will accommodate 25,000 birds. With a new flock every three months, 100,000 will be handled in a year. On Friday night of this week, July 22nd., Mr. and Mrs. Burke will hold open house to all who are interested in looking the plant over. They have engaged an orchestra and will hold a dance. It promises to be a gala event and there is no admission charge. Everyone is invited. It is expected, too, that a Piper’s Band will be present. Away back in the history of Wrox­ eter there were several successful in­ dustries, a tannery, woollen mills and flour mill. In extending their busi­ ness with a new plant, Mr. and Mrs. Burke are doing their bit to keep Wroxeter on the map. Their many friends in the community extend heartiest congratulations and best wishes for the best of success. PLAYGROUND NEWS In last week’s paper there seemed to be a misunderstanding about the age limit for the wading pool. Child­ ren 8 years and under may go in wading pool, which is open every day Monday to Saturday, from 2 to 4 p.m. Arnold McIntyre showed the films for the week. These are Educational films in which all ages enjoy. Program The schedule for the week starting July 25th is as follows: Monday morning; A program of games, singing and crafts is planned for children 4 to 8 years old. They are 'asked to meet at the town park at the picnic tables at 9 o’clock. In case of rain they are to meet at the Arena. Monday afternoon: Program for boys and girls 8 to 11 years old. They are asked to meet at the park. Also Wading pool for children 8 years and under. Tuesday morning: Swimming les­ sons for all those who have registered. Tuesday afternoon: Wading pool. Wednesday morning: Boys over 8 years old in town park for soccer and field games. Wednesday afternoon: Children 8 to 11 years (same as Monday p.m.) Wading pool children 8 and under. Thursday morning: Children 4 to 8 years (same as Monday). Thursday afternoon: Films for all ages, Wading pool 9 years and under. Friday morning: Swimming les­ sons. Friday afternoon: Wading pool for 8 years and under. Saturday afternoon: Wading pool 2 to 4 p.m. NOTICE Templehian’s I)ry Cleaners will be closed from August 1st to August 6th inclusive, F20:27b NOTICE The office of Dr. G. W. Howsori will be closed from July 23 to August 6th, inclusive. F20*