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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1955-07-27, Page 1HARRISTON PAIR WIN • •• j. take will LOCAL BATTERY TOPS Milne, of Paisley, attend- MERCHANTS PLEASED WITH DOLLAR DAYS the will be was described this route because of the use of as laid down TO LANEWAY IDEA * A PUBLIC CIVIC HOLIDAY X for the town of Wingham 11 amongst units at camp last and the local gunners have hopes that their score may well up in the honors for the summer. 265 Cobourg of Stratford 1st to F27* some farm machin- the ditch. He was hospital suffering chest injuries. His 2r Wingham, the Western shock. Mr. Norton escap- shaking up and a few Transferred to Goose Bay Gunner Bill Yeo, soft of' Mr. NOTICE The Wingham Body Shop closed from August 1st to August 6th inclusive. F27b NOTICE The business of Mr. Percy Clark ' will be closed from August August 6th inclusive. NOTICE MacIntyre’s Bakery will be closed from Monday, August Sth to Saturday, August 13th inclusive. F27* NOTICE The store of Howard Machan will be closed August 2nd. and 3rd. F27b NOTICE The office of G. Alan Williams, Optometrist, will be closed from Sat urday, July 30th, to Saturday, August 6th, inclusive. F27b a mixed train to Clinton, and the mail has been arriving later in the after- are standard NOTICE ' Templeman’s Dry1 Cleaners will be closed from August 1st to August 6th inclusive, F20:27b DRAW SATURDAY FOR DOLLAR DAY PRIZES Lucky draw tickets from last week’s Dollar Days will be drawn this Saturday night on the steps of the town halKat 9 o’clock. Three prizes of $25, $15 and $10 will be drawn. Merchants .who have not already turned in their draw tickets are asked to do so as soon as possible. Tickets should be turned in to H. P. Carmichael, Subscription $3.00 per year, 7c per copy With which it amalgamated the Corrie Vidette and Wroxeter News ......... . ... .. ,1f . .. ........ ......... . ______A WINGHAM, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1055 Beating The Heat? ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By The Pedestrian ............. ~ i INQUIRE AT THE . WICKET— Members of the post office staff are wondering how many people will ask for their Advance-Times next week— despite the fact there will'be no paper. This is the last until August because of staff holidays. 9-0-0 SEEING DOUBLE—John gridge’s young ’un did a double ___ on the main street of Kincardine last week during holidays. Spying two policement talking there, hfe said in a voice both loud and clear, “Hey, mummy! There’s two Bert Platts”. 0-0-0 SINCEREST FORM—Last week’s Hell-driver show, sponsored by the I Kinsmen, must have had a profound effect on the younger generation, at least. Kids at the back have been blowing themselves up with fire crackers, flying over ramps on their bicycles,-and generally roaring around, at risk of life and limb for any. •casual pedestrians. - 0-0-9 PRETTY NURSES? — Sergeant “Ole Bill” Grover missed most of the fun at the Petawawa camp last week by landing in the hospital a day or so after arrival and leaving same just before departure. Some of the boys are saying sergeants will do anything to get out of work. 0-0-0 ONE MISSING—Norm Welwood, arriving home in a cavalcade of cars from the cottage last week, called the roll and found one of his children was missing. A hasty check with other drivers revealed that they had n’t seen the missing one, either, every one thinking some one else had her. After a return trip the little girl was found visiting neighbors. 0-0-0 BOOTS & SADDLES—John Brent, general factotuum for the upcoming Frontier Days, is starting his long search for buggies, stagecoaches, surreys, democrats or what have you. John will also need a good string of horses for the do. Anyone willing to lend same will be welcomed. NOTICE Harry Browne’s Shoe Repair will be closed August 1st to August 6th inclusive. - F20:27* NOTICE There will be a supper at the Wing ham Golf Club on Wednesday, July 27th at 5.30 p.m. All members, associ ate members and their friends are welcome. F27b ENGAGEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Chris Tofting, Wing ham, Ontario, announce the engage- Mfent of their daughter, Mary Eliza beth, to Ronald Howard Lowes, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Lowes, of Peter borough, Ontario. The wedding to take place Saturday, August 20th.- ' 1 F27* ENGAGEMENT1 Mr. and -Mrs. Malcolm Lane, Kin- lough, wish to announce the engage ment of their only daughter, Mary Kathileen, to Mr. Campbell Douglas Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs, Gordon Brown, Beamsville. Marriage to take place on Saturday, August sixth. F27b ENGAGEMENT _ ‘ Dr. and Mrs. Arthur William Irwin, of Wingham, announce the engage ment of their daughter, Marion Elizabeth, to Dr. William Russell Nichols, of Pittsburgh, Penn., son of Dr,’ and Mrs. Thomas Russell Nichols, of Stratford. The marriage will take place at 3 o’clock on Saturday, August 20th, in Wingham United Church, Wingham, Ontario. F27b ENGAGEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Norman Keating, Wingham, Ontarib, announce the en gagement of their daughter, Catherine Marie to Mr. Bruce David Roy Mac Donald, son of Mrs. MacDonald, and the late Don Roy MacDonald, of Wingham. The marriage will take pWo on Saturday, August thirteenth, at three p.m. in the Wingham United ChUrch. ’ F27* ENGAGEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Russell Chapman, Of Whitechurch, Ontario, announce the engagement of their daughter, Shirley Marguerite, to Mr. W. Ross Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jos, E. Smith, R.R. 1, Wlngham. Marriage to take place on Saturday, August 20th, at 2.30 p.fri., at Whitechurch United Church, Whitechurch, Ontario. F27* .. < z • / z...- Four members of the 21st Fd. Regt., R.C.A., from .the Wingham district, hug the shade of their bell tent to beat the July heat at Camp Petawawa last week. Militia units throughout Ontario*' are enjoying their largest attendance at summer camps since7 the end of the Second World War. In the above picture are Gnr. Jim Lockridge, Gnr. Garry Storey, Gnr. Doug Murray and Gnr. Jim Macintosh.—National Defence'Photo. MINOR ACCIDENTS KEEP HOSPITAL STAFF BUSY Victims of several accidents of a minor nature were treated at the hospital during the past week. On Wednesday last Robert White, R.R. 1, Clifford, suffered injuries to his left elbow when he caught his arm in some farm machinery. He was re leased from hospital after X-rays had been taken. Sandra Percy, 12-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Percy, R.R. 1, Holyrood, was admitted to hospital after a fall which fractured her right elbow and wrist bones.. The fractures were reduced under ether and a cast applied. Her condition as satisfactory. ><Arthur Stokes, R.R. who is employed by Foundry was injured on Friday, when he caught his hand in some machinery while at work. He was allowed home after the injury was X-rayed and bandaged at the hospital. Matt Boyd, Wingham, suffered head injuries at his home while preparing for a picnic. He was released after treatment for a cut over his left eye. Mrs. August Hamilton, 79, of Brownsville, was injured while getting out of a car in Lucknow on Sunday. She was visiting friends there when she fell and fractured her right wrist. The fracture was reduced and a cast applied at the hospital, where her con dition is satisfactory. Mrs. Tessie Zimmerman, R.R. 1, Gorrie, was admitted to hospital with a fractured ankle after a fall. The fracture was reduced under ether and ?, cast applied* Her condition is satis- actory. Omar Brooks, aged 42, of Dungan non, suffered chest injuries in an ac cident on Monday. He was driving along a concession road in his new car when he met ery ai^d took to admitted to the from shock and condition is fair. James Curran, R.R. 1, Lucknow, suffered injuries to his hand on Tues day, when he caught it in a hay baler. He was released from hospital after treatment. * Hugh McDonald, Lucknow, also suffered painful injuries to his hand on Tuesday when it was crushed in a cement mixer. He was'admitted to the hospital where his condition is de scribed as satisfactory. HOWICK LIONS CAME The Howick Lions Club are again sponsoring Camp at Kitchagami. Boys go on Saturday, August 13th, Girls on August 20th, Fee is $5.00. How would you like to sponsor a needy child? Please register NOW, with Kenqeth Edgar, Wroxeter. 27* Wingham merchants were highly pleased with the results of the Wing ham Business Association Dollar Saving Days promotion this year, according to an informal suvey of the field. Percy Stainton, local hardware merchant, said that business was very good during the three-day sale, and that of about twenty articles adver tised all except two ‘ or three sold very well. Warren Callan, of Callen Shoes, reported that business was even better that last year on the promo tion, and Jack McKibbon, of McKib- bon Drugs, said that the sale had accomplished what it was intended to accomplish, namely to bring people into town. Only complaint of Harry Merkley, at the Red Front Grocery, was that he had to work too hard filling grocery orders resulting from Dollar Days. Other businessmen agreed that the sale was a great success. Hugh Carmichael, president of the Wingham Business Association, told the Advance-Times that his business has “never had a bigger day" than during the Dollar’Saving Days last week\ “It just goes to show what the merchants of town can do when they all get together”, he said. Gunner Bill Yeo, soft of Mr. and Mrs. Sparling Yeo, who has been stat ioned in Picton, Ontario, with the army, has been transferred to Goose Bay, Labrador, where he will take a course in radar. In a recent letter to his parents ho reports temperatures of only 30 de grees above freezing there. FOUNDRY WHY Thirty-two rinks from as far away as Grimsby were on hand in Wingham last Wednesday for the tenth annual Western Foundry Trophy competition at the Wingham Bowling Club. Winners were: 1st. W. Downey and P. King, Harriston, 3 wins 54 plus 3; second, Neil Bruder and Ralph Schmidt, Walkerton, 3 wins 51 plus 5; third, Howard McNee ‘ and Pete Bis sett, Goderich, 3 wins 51; fourth, E. Daigneau and Ted Gatdhouse, Owen Sound Roselawn, 3 wins 45; fifth, Newt Heels and Gerald. Bonner, Owen Sound Roselawn, 2 wins 52 plus 5; sixth, H. Sherbondy and J. A. Wilson, Wingham, 2 wins 50 plus 5. One game winners were Bill McCool and Dr. George Howson; with 1 win 48 plus 2. ; Prizes in the form df’-blankets were presented to the winners by G. W. Tiffin, representing the ' Western Foundry Company. •— -------------------.....................—■ The 21st Field Regiment, R.CA., of which Wingham’s 99th Battery forms a goodly part, won top honors in the shooting at Petawawa last week. In competition against three other regiments from Sarnia, Guelph and Brantford they walked off with the highest score in the inter-regimental shoot week, high stand entire ............. A record number of officers and other ranks attended camp this year, with a total of 91 for the regiment, of whom 39 were from Wingham. Attendance was the highest recorded since the war days. A successful junior and senior NCO’s course was one of the features of the ten-day camp. The unit was under the command of Major M. R. Oliver, of Listowel, while its regular OC, Lt. Col. E. D. Bell was acting Brigadier. Local officers attending the camp were Capt. John Jackson, Lieuts. J. J. Lewis, Bob Ritter, Ross Vogan, J. U. Stephens and RSM Alex Corrigan. Injured When Car Rolls Over ■\<Lynn Cruickshank, 20-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cruidkshank was injured last Thursday morning when the car in which he was travel ling, driven by John Hanna, 30, of Wingham, rolled over and was wrecked when a rear tire blew out. He was taken to Clinton General ■Hospital suffering from severe abra sions, arm injuries and body burns, after being thrown out of the car. Dr. J. A. Addison, Clinton, attended him. A new schedule for the mail run between Wingham and London, which should bring a speedier and more convenient mail service for this town is being contemplated by the post office. Tenders are open for a mail run from London to Wingham which will leave London at 6.30 a.m., arriving at Wingham at 10.20 a.m. On the return trip the truck will leave here at 3.25 p.m., arriving in London at 7.00 p.m. It is expected that the extra run will be made in addition to the present delivery, which arrives in Wingham at 12.55 and leaves here for the return trip to London at 1.40 p.m. This service is carried 'by train as far as Clinton, where the mail is transferred to a truck for the last lap to Wingham. During the past few weeks there have been delays on _______________I__________ .______ 7 PROCLAMATION 4 At the request of a number of citizens I HEREBY PROCLAIM MONDAY, AUGUST 1st, 1955 I hereby call upon all .good citizens to observe the same. R. E. McKINNEY, Mayor Last week’s activities kept the Wingham Kinsmen as busy as bees. On Tuesday a hilarious game of Don key baseball took place in the town park, between Belgrave and Wingham, and from, all reports the spectators got more kicks out of it than the players. But from the many bruises that showed up the following day we contend that people are bigger jack asses than donkeys. It was very gratifying to see such an excellent turnout with close to one thousand in attendance. The Kinsmen Club would like to take this opportun ity of thanking the public for giving such wonderful support, and assisting this Club’s welfare work, also the Softball Association who so willingly turned out to prepare the park for the show and who helped at the gates and in every way possible. Not to be forgotten, is the Belgrave club, a fine group of sportsmen, who turned over their share of the gate receipts to the Kinsmen Club. This very fine ges ture was greatly appreciated. Incidentally the Kinsmen won on a terrific play on the part of Jack Walker and his very co-operative donkey. The score was 1 to 0. Later in the week on Friday night the Old Fair grounds presented a familiar scene of days gone by, when cars and people entered the grounds to see the Hollywood Daredevils put on a show of thrills and spills. Those who saw the show agreed that it was an outstanding exhibition of stunt driving. The support of the public is again acknowledged with thanks in help^g the Kinsmen with their Com munity Welfare Work. New Manager at Dominion Store “^Oswald Kuenzig, of Walkerton, has been appointed new manager of the Dominion Store in town. He succeeds Derek Whitney, who is returning to London. A native of Walkerton, Mr. Kuenzig comes to Wingham from Listowel, where he was a member of the Do minion staff. He has been employed by the company for the past three years. Mrs. Kuenzig and their three-month old boy are now living in Listowel. They will be moving to Wingham as soon as accommodation can be found. has been arriving later noon. Times mentioned time. Distance of the route in the contract is 85.2 miles one way. The tender notice for the mail route stipulates that tenders will be called “to ascertain cost", which may mean that the post office has not yet definitely decided to instiutte the new service. Closing date for tenders is August 5th. Tender forms are available at the poSl office or at any post office along the route. It is reported that complaints over the tardiness of mail service have resulted in the post office department’s decision to in vestigate the possibilities of a new service. No Advance-Times, Next Week Because of staff holidays there will be no edition of The Advance-Times next week, and the office will be clos ed from July 28th until August 4th inclusive. The next edition of the paper be published August 10th. Former Minister Here Injured in Collision Rev. J. H. N. Norton, a former Bap tist minister in Wingham, and his wife, of Paisley, were injured in a collision with a tea truck on the Elora road five miles north of Paisley, Thursday night. Mrs. Norton suffered a double frac ture of her right leg and severe ab rasions and ed with a scratches. Dr. D. H. ed at the scene of the accident, and had Mrs. Norton removed to Bruce County Hospital at Walkerton. The Walkerton detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police investigated. The annoying stretch of road on Patrick street at the corner of Joseph ine should be repaired within the next little while, if all goes well. Jack Alex ander, chairman of the streets com mittee, reports that he has received word from the paving company that work- will be started in the near fut ure. Last year a cold mix was put on the spot, but within a short time it broke up, leaving that part of the road worse than it was before. The paving com pany which'did the-job said at, the’ time that the job had not panned out because town men had broken up and graded the ground just before the cold mix was put on. This time the town will leave the street as is, hoping that this time the- the cold mix will take hold. The pav ing company has offered to do second job without charge. Named to Post - At Goderich Albert M. Homuth, St., postal supervisor Post Office has been appointed post master of the Goderich post office’ branch, the appointment effective on August 7th. Announcing this, Postmaster Frank Ruston said the Goderich vacancy is created by the retirement of Post master William Bissett. Mr. Homuth was enducated in Stratford and taught public school for five years in Teeswater before join ing the post office staff in Stratford in May, 1937, as a letter-carrier. Ten months later he was transferred to the “inside” staff as postal clerk.He enlisted in the Canadian Army in 1942 and served overseas with the postal corps in England, Belgium and Holland before returning in 1946. He was promoted to postal supervisor in charge of dispatch,' in December, 1954. YMr. Homuth has been active in Odd Fellows work in Stratford for many years, is a past Noble Grand of Avon Lodge, No. 41, I.O.O.F., and last month was named District Deputy Grand Patriarch for Charity En campment, No. 5. He has also been an active member of the Stratford Kinsmen club for several years. Mr. Homuth is married and has one son, Ronald, 16, and' one daughter, Shirley Ann, four. His mother, Mrs. Bertha Homuth, resides on John St., town. Norm Welwood, who is collecting signatures on a petition for a lane be hind the west side of Josephine street, reports that merchants on that side of the street are quite favorable to the idea. The proposed lane would run behind stores on Josephine street between Victoria and John. Mr. Welwood says that he has so far received nine signatures On the petition, out of a possible sixteen. Only one store owner has refused to sign, of those already visited. Another is in accord with the idea but wishes to investigate the matter more thor oughly. The town has agreed to build and maintain a lane behiftd the stores if enough of the merchants will deed Over to the town a atrip of land 20 feet wide behind their building prem- ises. The idea Of building a lane behind the buildings originated With Mayor McKinney as a means otf getting de livery trucks off the main street. An old time Frontier Days celebra tion with a Frontier Queen and a Davy Crockett contest will be run in conjunction with the Dominion Old Time Fiddle Championships, to be held in Wingham next month, it was announced this week by Johnny Brent, who is managing the celebration, under the auspices of the Wingham Lions Club. In releasing the program for the celebration, Mr. Brent said that plana for the fiddle contest have now been completed, and that contestants from at least seven or eight of the provin ces would be on hand in Wingham to compete for the Dominion Fiddle Championship on Friday, September 2nd. The provincial championship, to choose an Ontario representative in the Dominion fiddle contest, will be held on Thursday, September 1st. 1st. “Davy Crockett Contest” According to the program as now drawn up, a children’s parade will be held on Friday afternoon at 1.15 p.m„ followed by the official opening of the celebration at two o’clock. A “Davy Crockett" contest.for the best home made Davy Crockett costume will be a feature of the afternoon, together • with the choosing of a “Frontier Queen” in the most appropriate cos tume. Other items of the program for Friday afternoon will be log-sawing contest, Highland dancing and a con cert. The Dominion fiddle contest will be held on Friday evening, followed by a Frontier Ball. Frontier Parade Saturday’s program will open with a Frontier Parade, featuring bands, floats, costumes and some of Can ada’s outstanding baton twirlers. A Frontier Couple will be chosen during the afternoon, and other entertain ment will consist of an amateur con test, sqqare and step dance contests, a tug-of-war and barbershop quar tette contest. The celebration will wind up with a CKNX Barn Dance broadcast in the arena at 8 o'clock, at which the fiddle contest winners will be present. ' ON M BRIDGE A Canadian National Railways work gang was busy last week repairing the footpath and railing on the CNR bridge in town. About 200 new planks were replaced on the footpath, new ties were installed, and the old railing which had become shaky with time, was welded and replaced. The work was done under an agree ment between the town and the rail way which townspeople have a right- of-way across the bridge for easy ac cess to the foundry. Under the agree ment, signed some years ago, the town agreed to pay maintenance costs on the footpath, the work to be done by mem employed by the railway. At a recent "meeting of the town council the question of whether this right-of-way should be maintained was discussed, and it was agreed that the town should pay for repairs to the bridge, as in the past. Several coun cillors were of the opinion that if the town were to allow the agreement to lapse it would never be able to get the right-of-way again. It is expected that last week’s re pair job will keep the right-of-way in shape for another few years. TINFOIL MYSTERY IN WAWANOSH Residents of East Wawanosh were mystified this week by the appearance of thousands of pieces of fine tinfoil strips around the countryside. The strips appear to be of ordinary tinfoil, about one-sixteenth of an inch wide and several inches long. What they are, their purpose and how they got scattered around are a mystery to those who have found them. A possible explanation of the strips has been offered by former air force men who encountered a similar device during the war. At that time tinfoil was used to counteract radar, the metal strips bouncing back radar waves and making its use for detec tion purposes very difficult. Tinfoil strips used during wartime, however, were much larger than those found in Wawanosh. Several residents of the district have reported hearing planes bver- head during Monday night, and it is thought that these may have been responsible for the tinfoil found the next day. No. 4 Highway to Be Resurfaced John W. Hanna, M.P.P. for Huron- BrUce, was advised by Hon. James N. Allan last week, that tenders are being culled immediately for the re surfacing of Highway 4 from Bly th to Wingham. It was net specified when work would start on the pro ject, ®