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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1955-11-16, Page 1With which is amalgamated the Gorrifc Vidette and Wroxeter News ^ubacr*Ptiofl $3.00 Per year, 7c Per copy WINGHAM, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1955 I—ittWMr- 4L0NG THE MAIN DRAG By The Pedestrian DID THEMSELVES PROUD—Mem­ bers of the Wingham Lions Boys’ and Girls’ Band can be proud of their efforts on Remembrance Day. It was the first time that the band had been out marching, and the kids showed up very well indeed. It looks as if all they need now is a bit of • practice at various functions and they will be able to turn in a real, pro­ fessional performance. 0-0-0 BACK 'OR FRONT—Our only com­ plaint with bands is that when you have one at the front and one at the back, something always seems to go wrong in the middle. We’ve never seen two bands that could keep in step with each other, and when you're marching in the middle it can be a little difficult. They used to talk about everybody being out of step but Willie, but sometimes it’s a case of everybody being out of step, period. 0-0-0 ANOTHER CLIP JOINT—Con­ gratulations to Great White Shaver Vic Loughlean who has opened a new barber shop on the main drag. Vic’s been clipping people around here for quite some time and he shorn should ’know his way around. If you go to Vic’s we’re shear you’ll get trimmed right. ENGAGEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Pierce,, of Blyth, announces the engagement of their daughter, Ethel Marie, to Mr. Sidney John Adams, son of Mr. and .Mrs. Garnet Adams, of Mitchell, the wedding to take place in December. , FIS* ENGAGEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sawyer, of "Wingham, wish to announce the en­ gagement of their only' daughter, Freda Elizabeth, to Donald Henry, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Rock, of Ethel, the marriage to take place early in December. F16* TURNBERRY FEDERATION MEETING AND BANQUET The annual meeting and banquet of the Turnberry Township Feder­ ation of Agriculture will be held on Tuesday, November 22, at 7.00 p.m., in the Bluevale Community Hall. The guest speaker will be Mr. Louis Davis. F16b EUCHRE PARTY A euchre party will be held in the Sacred Heart Parish Hall, on Thurs­ day, November 17th. Good prizes, lunch served, admission 50c. Everyone -welcome. FIG* BAZAAR AND TEA Christmas Bazaar, Tea and Rum­ mage sale in the Gorrie Community Hall, on Saturday, November »19th, sponsored by St. Martha’s Guild of St. Stephen’s Church. Everyone wel­ come. F16b CHRISTMAS SALE AND TEA Wednesday, November 23rd., is the date of the Christmas sale and tea at the Wingham United Church. Come and buy your Christmas cakes, pud­ dings and home baking. At three o’clock there will be a "Skit” showing aprons to help ’ with your gift list. Small children ’may be left in the gymnasium while mothers enjoy a cup of tea. F16b . EUCHRE PARTY AT WROXETER The Wroxeter Women's Institute will hold a progressive euchre party on Friday, November 18th, at 8.30 p.m. sharp in the Town Hall. Novelty prizes. Admission 25 cents. Ladies please bring lunch. F16* RECEPTION IN BELGRAVE FORESTERS’ HALL A reception Will be held in the For­ esters' Hall, Belgrave, on Friday evening, November 18th, for Mr. and Mrs. J, C. Paton (nee Mildred Cook). Music by Henderson’s orchestra. Ladies please bring lunch. Everybody Welcome. F16b HOWICK LIONS BINGO Howick Lions "Share the Wealth” bingo, Wroxeter Community Hall on Thursday, November 24th. You take half—We take half, Fifteen games for $1.00; extra white cards 25c. Three flpecials for "Share the Wealth, Half and Half.” Doors Open 7.30, games Start at 8.30. The greater the crowd the greatdr the profit. FlGb Impressive services at the Cenotaph marked Remem­ brance Day in Wingham on Friday, when wreaths from many organizations in town Were placed in remembrance of war dead in the district. Ceremonies were under the auspices of Wingham Branch 180, Canadian Legion. Above, Reeve Roy Adair places a wreath on the memorial on behalf of the town of Wingham—Staff Photo. New Cafeteria Working Well at Wingham District High School A light agenda faced members of the Wingham District High School Board at the regular meeting on Tues­ day evening at the high .school, and several minor matters in connection with the school were discussed. Chair­ man A. H. MacTavish, o.f Teeswater, presided at the meeting. Principal W. S. Hall, in his monthly, report to the board, spoke of the practice, of teachers visiting other schools in the district for the purpose of exchanging ideas, a matter dis­ cussed at - a recent meeting of high school principals in the district. Mr. Hall explained the advantages of the scheme, particularly for newer and less experienced teachers, and asked the board if it would sanction day­ long visits under the plan. Members of the board, after dis­ cussing the matter, decided that such visits should be left to the decision of FINE PROGRAM FOR SECOND H.S. CONCERT A fine program of good music has been arranged for the second in a series of music concerts, sponsored by the .Wingham District High School in co-operation with the Ontario Depart­ ment of Education, to be held on Tuesday evening, ^November 22nd, in the High School auditorium. & James McDonald, pianist; Zenova Gawiak, soprano; Helen Biloshefsky, violinist and Horsf Smyonek, bass, will be featured guest artists On the program. Admission prices are one dollar for -adults and fifty cents for students. Tickets may be obtained from high school students in the district or are available from Mr. W. A. Galbraith, at the town clerk’s office in Wingham. Tickets may also be obtained at the door on the evening of the entertain­ ment,. The first concert in the series was a marked success and many in the dis­ trict will be looking forward to an­ other evening of fine music. Remem­ ber the date—Tuesday, November 22, in the school auditorium at 8.15 p.m. Passes Away in Stoney Creek Wendy Mae Beccroft, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Beccroft, Of Loma Drive, Stoney Creek, died suddenly at her parents home last Week. She was born in Hamilton 3 months ago, Surviving are her parents, one brother, William, at home, and her grandparents, the Rev. and Mrs. W. A, Bccoroft, of Ottawa and Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Jones, of Ste. Anne de Belle Vue, Quebec. Burial was in the Stoney Creek cemetery on Friday, November- 11th. MARK REMEMBRANCE DAY the school management committee on individual cases, with expenses in ap­ proved cases to be paid by the board. Cafeteria Operating Mr. Hall reported that the school cafeteria was in operation and seemed to be working very well. He said that 238 full-course meals had been served on Monday and that the serving had proceeded in an orderly, and efficient manner. Students are asked if they wish a cafeteria lunch in the morning to enable the cafeteria staff to plan the number of meals needed and ‘eliminate waste. Dr. W. A. McKibbon, chairman of the school management committee reported that the cafeteria line was going through in a matter of 23 minutes. He estimated that the cafeteria could be operated on a monthly cost of approximately $400.00, Mr. Hall in his monthly report told the board that attendance during October had been 96%, consisting of 208 boys and 218 girls. Three students had left school and three others had transferred to other schools during the month. Between 130 and 140 are attending night classes at the school, and the night class in shopwork had been found to be too large to be handled on one evening and has been divided into two classes. The Ham­ mond organ, donated to the school by W. T. Cruickshank, of station CKNX, has been installed, and has already been in use. Postpone Work on Barn Frank Thompson, chairman of the agricultural committee, told board members that plans for erecting an agricultural barn would be laid over until spring, Mr. Thompson told the board that two tenders have been re­ ceived for building the barn, but both of them, in the opinion of the com­ mittee, had been out of line. Difficulty in procuring cement and the lateness of the season had also combined to make the project inadvisable this year, R. S. Hetherington, chairman of the property committee, reported that negotations are under way for the placing of guy wires on the school property for the tower to be erected on the old high school building by the CKNX television station. To Use New System for Snow Removal on Josephine Street A new program for snow removal on the main street of town will bo tried this year, according to Jack Alexander, chairman of the public works department. In the nature of an experiment, the new system will embody the use df a rented tractor with loader, to bo ’operated by men of the public works department, who will endeavor to re­ move the snow as it falls rather than to let it accumulate, making neces­ sary the hiring of expensive snow re­ moving equipment. The town is hop- WOLVES OR BEARS? SOMETHING’S EATING CALVES IN WAWANOSH The possibility that there may be bears or wolves at large in East Wawanosh has caused some anxiety among farmers in the township, after a number of .calves have been reported killed and partly eaten. At least three calves have been reported killed in the past three weeks, with possibly more being the victim of the marauder which so far no one has positively identified. Nelson Dow on Thursday found a calf dead in his field which had evidently been killed/by some animal. Although it had probably been dead for a couple of days, there were tracks still visible around the car­ cass which were "bigger than any dog”. George Walker, livestock valuer, who investigated, told The Advance- Times that it was difficult to tell what sort of animal had done the damage. Two other calves, owned by Melvin Taylor and Frank Thompson, have been found dead under similar cir­ cumstances, in the past few weeks.' In both cases the carcasses were partly devoured, Although, no one has been able to positively identify the animal, Wendell McCallum, who is employed by Stanley Marks, claims to have seen an animal near the Marks farm which resembled a bear on the day before Frank Thompson’s calf was killed. Others have reported seeing animals which could have been either dogs or wolves. Farmers in the district are doubt­ ful that the marauding animal could be a dog. Many are of the opinion that there are wolves at large in the area, since several were shot in Col- borne Township not too long ago. More light may be thrown on the sub­ ject later in the month, when hunters get out for the deer season. BROWNIE COOKIE DAY NOVEMBER 19th Brownie Cookie Day Will be held in Wingham on Saturday, November 19th. Official cream-filled cookies will be sold for 35c per box. The Brownies will appreciate your support’ in this venture. FlGb ing to rent a tractor with loader at a flat rate for the winter months for use of the town men when necessary, Heretofore snow on the main street has been removed by town men with shovels, a slow and time­ consuming process. When the snow got ahead of the shovellers it’ was necessary to hire a heavy tractor load­ er and trucks to reduce the snow banks along the street which in many cases were obstructing traffic. Last winter the town was fortunate (Continued on page twelve.) Sally Slosser and Audrey Gilmour, two of the girls from the Wingham District High School, study a map of the area which will be covered by station CKNX-TV when it comes on the air on Friday. Reported to be the smallest centre in North America to have a television station, Wingham will also have the only television station with a predominantly rural audience. The above picture, along with others, appeared in a recent edition of the Toronto Daily Star which featured a story on the hew television station. Wingham United Church was filled to capacity on Monday night and Minnie Street was packed with cars, as people from all over the district gathered there for the beginning of the second and final week of Wing­ ham’s Crusade for Christ. Over 170 visitors from out-of-town were pre­ sent on the occasion, many of them younger people who had come for the special Young People’s Night, and youthful testimonies from high school students added to the impressiveness of the service. CRNXTO START TV PROGRAMS ON FRIDAY First test pattern for CKNX-TV went on the air on Friday afternoon at 3.45, and although there was very little to see, many people in the dis­ trict tuned in to Channel 8 to view the first telecast from Wingham. Regular programs over CKNX-TV are expected to start this Friday, at 6.30 p.m. with a weather forecast on the "Focus” program, from 6.30 to 7.15 p.m. The weather will be followed by local farm, sports and news broad­ casts. The opening ceremonies on the station will take place at 8.30. Between today and the Friday open­ ing it is expected that film test pat­ terns will be run at intervals during the day. Test patterns are scheduled for between 10.00 and 11.30 a.m., and during the afternoon and evening. A program schedule for the station for the first week after its opening is published elsewhere in this issue. Crash Award Is $40,000 A settlement grant of $40,000 and costs to Charles Jones, of Wingham, was reached, in a. Supreme Court ses­ sion which opened on Monday at Goderich with Mr. Justice R. I. Fer­ guson presiding. The action was awarded against J. Wilson Brown, of St. Marys, who, it was learned by the court, was driving a car on Highway 8, near Sebringville, February 25, 1954, when it was in head-on collision with A car driven by Jones. . Jones suffered severe head injuries, a broken leg, deep cuts and concus­ sion. Evidence revealed the Brown car had pulled out to pass a truck on the highway driven by John Rimmer, of Goderich. Appearing for Jones was the firm of Donnelly & Donnelly, of Goderich, while Borden & Elliott, of Toronto, handled Brown’s defence. Among the congregation were .about forty members of the local C.G.I.T. group in theii’ white middies, who raised their girlish voices in the C.G.I.T. hymn and assisted the mass choir in its renditions of many old and favorite hymns. So large was the crowd that many people sat in the aisles and stood behind the pews to hear the service. The meeting got off to a start with the singing of old revival hymns, sung with evident gusto by the congrega­ tion. Such favorites as "Revive Us Lacks Authority to Sell Advertising Tile executive of the Wingham Business Association yesterday contacted its membership by tele- I>hone to warn merchants that a saleslady, representing an Ameri­ can firm, is attempting to sell ad­ vertising space in a cook book. In spite of warnings that the lo­ cal Business Association would not sanction the sale of this advertis­ ing, it is understood that the rep­ resentative has proceded to con­ tact the merchants without the written authority Wliich is often granted. The cook book is, supposedly, to be sponsored by the Wingham Branch of the Women’s Institute, but a member of the Institute ex­ ecutive yesterday informed The Advance-Times that the organiza­ tion. does not want to proceed with the cook book. Apparently a con­ tract was signed for the book some months ago, and shortly after that time the Institute contacted the firm which publishes the book and asked to have the contract cancel­ led. Local Salvation Army Corps Celebrates 69th Anniversary Brilliant band music, record attend­ ances and inspiring messages high­ lighted the 69th anniversary of the Salvation Army Corps in Wingham over this past week-end. Special guests from Toronto were the Wychwood Citadel Band of The Salvation Army, Bandsman R. Merritt, trombone soloist, and Lt. Col. C. D. Wiseman, field secretary for The Salvation Army in Canada, who was the guest speaker. Lt. Col. Wiseman was also guest speaker at the annual Remembrance Day service on Friday Again”, the theme song of the Cru* sade, "Jesus Saves," "Rescue th« Perishing,” and "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" moved the entire au- ience to song, under the leadership of Rev. Wesley Aarum, the dynamic choir leader. The Scripture was read by Mary Hotchkiss and Audrey Gil­ mour led in prayer. Two beautiful solos were sung by Homer James, Gospel singer, Three high school students, two of them from Wingham and one from Walkerton, gave personal testimony, with an unquestioned sincerity, of the effect of Christ in their lives, and the congregation was visibly moved by their words. Eileen Rae gave the Of­ fertory prayer. Fluent Speaker Rev. Leighton Ford, of the Billy Graham team, was the special speaker of the evening. A fluent, forceful and moving orator, he held the congre­ gation spellbound with the simple Biblical story of Daniel and his en­ counter with the lions. Using modern idiom to relate the story, and larding his talk with gestures and actions to give emphasis to the tale, he told "how God had operated in Daniel’s life” and how He can do the same for Christians today. "God is the same yesterday, today and forever," the speaker said, pointing out that Chris­ tians today can receive help from God just as Daniel did in Biblical times. Mr. Ford ended his sermon with a direct appeal to members of the con­ gregation to receive Christ as a per­ sonal Saviour. As heads were bowed in silent prayer, and the organ played softly "Just as I Am’’, his low, vi­ brant voice called members of the audience to come forward and make a decision for Christ. Services for the Crusade for Christ will be held at the United Church for the balance of the week, with the final service being held on Sunday night morning, November ilth, Conducted by the Canadian Legion. About 4.15 p.m. on Saturday the streets of Wingham resounded with the tuneful strains of the guest band as it marched through the m^in street to the town hall where a civic welcome was accorded by His Worship Mayor R. E. McKinney. During this time, at the height of the afternoon shopping period, the local police force assisted by the Provincial Police constable, rerouted all traffic. The civic welcome commenced with a pre­ sentation of the guest band and speaker to the mayor and citizens of Wingham by 2nd Lieut. D. V, Good­ ridge, commanding officer of the local corps. Mayor McKinney spoke words of commendation for the work of the "Army” in Wingham and throughout the nation and welcomed the band and speaker. The band played the hymn, "Oh God, Our Help in Ages Past” and Col. C. D. Wiseman prayed and pronounc­ ed the benediction. The band was then interviewed by the local radio station after which it marched from the town hall to the Citadel, where a turkey supper wag provided by the Salvation Army Home League. Festival of Music The Saturday evening festival of (Continued on page twelve.) THIS WEEK AT THE ARENA THURSDAY, Nov. 17— 4.30-5.30—Public School Slcating 6.00-10.00—Hockey Practice FRIDAY, Nov. 18— • 4.30-5.30—Public School Skating 8.00-10.00—Public Skating SATURDAY, Nov, 19— 8.00-12.00—Figure Skating 3.00-5.00—Public Skating 8.00-10.00—Public Skating MONDAY, Nov. 21— 4.30- 5.30—Public School Skating 6.00-10.00—Hockey Practice TUESDAY, Nov. 22— 4.30- 5.30— Public School Skating 6.00-8.00—Figure Skating 8.00-10.00—Public Skating I