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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1951-07-04, Page 1BEEF EXPECTED TO DROP IN PRICE eecontrtil Press ten:Leine The "who me?” expression oh this bull could come from reading news of the present high price on beef in Canada, Cattlemen in thC: 'U.S have kept their stock on the farms rather than Sell it at eothrollert 'prices and the result has been a raid on Canadian beef with the ex; ,petted result—high prices here. But some western U.S. beef is tio0 'rolling Into the Chicago stockyards and the present prices may retire former levels, ' Subscription $2.56 per year; 6c per copy With which is amalgamated the Gorrie Vidette and Wroxeter News WINGHAIVI, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, JULY 4th, 1951 Vol. 76 - No, 40 Wingham and Turnberry Excluded from Project Question of Recreation May Be Left to Vote MOON CAR STOLEN FROM PRESTON LOT A 1950 Ford car, owned by Athol A, Purdon, of Wingham, was stolen at 11 P.m: Saturday from a parking lot adjacent to the main street of Pres- ton. One of Mr. Purdon's employees, who had the lean of the car to at: tend a wedding, had parked it brief- ly while he went Into a store. A by-stander noticed a man in the car, apparently leaning over the wheel, and when the police were no- tified that the car had been stolen he was able to volunteer a description of the man. The search was taken UP at once and police cruisers brack- eted the thief and car in the area be- tween Preston, Hespeler and Galt; In the latter place he hurriedly ran into the home of an acquaintance and left all the personal effects which he' found in the machine, They were re- turned to police the following day. Apparently realizing that he was closely followed, he abandoned the Pardon car in Preston and a short time later was arrested on suspicion. He was to appear in court on Tues- day and since he had been released from the Ontario Reformatory at Guelph only a few weeks ago, a con- viction would be likely to carry with it a stiff sentence. The car was damaged to some ex- tent, the back window being broken to unlock the door and the right fen- der and the muffler were dented when the thief rounded a curve at 70 miles an hour and ran over a border of large stones. Registration day at the Kindergar- ten is a busy and exciting time. A great many little folk get their first look at the school—on the inside., Some look eagerly about, while oth- ers stay timidly beside mother, who tries to remember what serum was given for what and when? The enrolment to date is the larg- est since the kindergarten was open- ed. If your child is five years old be- Itire-.Te.rivary' • first, 19521 and" if for any reason you did not register him, you are asked to contact the princi- pal of the public school, as it is ne- -cessary for pupils to attend kinder- garten before entering Grade I, AWARD WINNERS AT PUBLIC SCHOOL y A medal is being donated yearly from the estate of the late Mrs. Ster- ling McPhail, of Goderich. Mrs. Mc- Phail (nee Marion Inglis), was a for- mer teacher at the Wingham Public School. The medal is to be known as the Marion Inglis Medal. It was won this year by Doreen Meehan, - *". The Wingham Lions Club annually gives a scholarship's in Grade VIII of the Public School. Douglas Murray was chosen from the 1950-51 class to receive this scholarship. It had a value of $25.00. Congratulation to both these out- standing scholars, BELGRAVE A special meeting of Belgrave L.O.L. No. 462 will be held in the hall on Thursday, July 5th at 8 p.m. ' BELGRAVE L.O.L. CBUR,CII SERVICE The annual Belgrave L.O.L. Church service Will be held in the Presbyter- ian Church,' Belgrave, at 2,45 p.m, on Sunday, July 8th. 4x RECEPTION AT ROYAL T Reception and dance for Mr, and Mrs. Bob Arbuckle will be held on Wednesday, July 4th., at the Royal T. Music will be supplied by Tiffin's Orchestra. Ladies please bring lunch. 44' RECEPTION AT BELGRAVE A reception and dance Will be held in Foresters' Hall, Belgrave, on Friday evening, ,July 6th, for Mr. and Mrs. Jack Cook, newlyweds, Good music provided, Ladies please bring lunch. Oft ROUTE DISCONTINUED Portion's Bakery announce that, owing to lack of help, their route will be 'discontinued until further notice. treed can be purchased at the fol- lowing groceries: Red Frei* Shaw's, Angus', Muticly's, Riltherfords, lIol- loWay'S and Dorent'S, 4b —A, A. Purdon Though the preliminary decision to set up a conservation authority for the Middle Maitland Valley was made at Listowel last Tuesday, the muni- cipalities of Wingham and Turnberry will not come within its jurisdiction. There has been considerable conjec- ture locally since it was known that a meeting would be held by repre- sentatives from the Middle Maitland municipalities, for it was generally felt that participation by Wingham and Turnberry would mean consider- able expense with only questionable benefits. It was agreed by the meeting, how- ever, that since neither Wingham nor Turnberry are properly ,within the limits of the Middle Maitland wa- tershed, they would not he asked to participate in the plan. As the matter stands at the mo- WILL TAKE CHILDREN TO TEESWATER POOL ')t Arrangements have been completed bythe Wingham Lions Club, in co-op- eration with the Public School Board, to run a bus to the Teeswater Lions Swimming Pool each Tuesday and Thursday afternoon„ For the present public school pupils, eight years old and up, who can swim, and have the permit signed by Parents, will be the only ones ac- commodated. Later other arrange- ments may be made to instruct non- swimmers, The first trip will he made on Tues- day afternoon of next week, July 10th. The children are to meet at the pub- lic school grounds at 1.30 p.m. Ap- proximately 40 pupils can be accom- modated. TOUR PRINTING PLANT Mrs. Roy Hastings and her pupils from S.S. No. 9, Turnberry, visited the Advance-Times office on Friday and the children were shown how the hometown newspaper is produced and the functions of the various- machines, The party included Freddie Lewis, Ethel Breen, Darlene Campbell, Billie Rettinger, Loreen Wray, Raymond Hogg, Mary Fralick, Bobby Downie and Aloysius Rettinger. ENGAGEMENT Mr. Walter Welsh, Wingham, wish- es to announce the engagement of his daughter, Elizabeth Bertha Elva, to Mr. Norman Alfred Keefer, son of Mr. Oliver Keefer, Alidclleton, Ont., and the late Mrs. Ada Keefer, the wedding to take place in Wingham, on Saturday, July 21st. Dancing at the Royal T You are welcome at the Royal T on Saturday night for your dancing pleasure from 9;30 to 12. Music by Jack Henderson's Orchestra. ment, the Middle, Maitland Conser- vation Authority awaits only the ap- proval of the Department of Plan- ning and ,Development, which is ex- pected to concur in the exclusion of the two local municipalities. The meeting was attended by May- or W, W, Gurney, Wingham, Reeve Nelson Underwood, of Turnherry, Reeve Harold Cosens, of Wallace; Reeves Elgin Smith, Elma; Reeve Philip Rowland, Maryhorough; Reeve Harvey Johnston, Morris; Reeve J. D, 13eecroft, East Wawanosh; Deputy Reeve George McDonald, Grey; Reeve Roy Walker, Mornington; Reeve M, Messerschmidt, Ellice; Reeve R. B. Cousins, Brussels; Reeve D, Beaver- mann, McKillop; Mayor 0. :VI. Nickel, Listowel, Reeve A, Mogh, Milverton, The vote on formation of the auth- ority passed 11 to 1, Father Passes At Listowel -A well-known resident of Listowel, for many years, Isaac Ducklow, Wel- lington Street, died Wednesday morn- ing at Listowel Memorial Hospital, following ah illness of about a year's duration. Mr. Ducklow had been employed at the Listowel Casket Company for about 10, years until the time of his illness ,and had previously been em- ployed in masonry and construction work. He was a native of Elma Town- ship, having been born on the farm on the 12th line of Elma, a son of the ;late Mr. and Mrs. John Ducklow, He received his early education at Done- gal school. Mr. Ducklow was a member of the United Church and a former member of the Canadian Order of Foresters. Chief among his hobbies was garden- ing. Surviving members of the family besides his wife,' the former Ethel Brown, are four daughters, Mrs. Ar- thur (Gladys) Wright, Seaforth; Mrs. J. E. (Audrey) Seymour, Oshawa; Mrs. -David (Louise) Davidson, Lis- towel; Mrs. Kenneth (Helen) Kerr, Wingham. Two sons predeceased him, Also surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Maude Bristown, Stratford; Mrs. Margaret Wilson, Kitchener; and one brother, Peter Ducklow of Fresno, California. Two brothers and three sisters predeceased him. The funeral was held from the Mc- Laughlin & Reed funeral home on Friday afternoon, at 2 o'clock, when the service was conducted by Rev, J. D. Martin, pastor of Listowel Un- ited Church. Interment was made in Fairview cemetery. WINS AWARDS FOR ROSES David Crompton was at the annual rose show at the King Edward Hotel 'In Toronto last week. He came home with first, second and third prizes. Bowlers Take First Prize A, M. Crawford and Wilt Hamilton won first prize at the Mt. Forest doubles on Wednesday last week. SOFTBALL BRESENTATION SLATED FRIDAY' POSTPONED ,XThe presentation to Tommy Jardin, former ,pitcher of the Wingham soft- ball team, which was to have been held in connection with a game at the park here on Friday night, was postponed when it was found that the visiting team would not be able to play in Wingham that night, The presentation will be held at a later date. X —Miss Audrey Gilmour is recuper- ating after a recent tonsil operation. Promoted from Kindergarten to GRADE Philip Adams, David Arthur, John Bennett, Gregory Brent. Dennis Cal- lan, Barbara Cameron, Brian Camer- on, John Campbell, Joan Chittick, Nancy Clark, Ronnie Cleghorn, Charl- es Congram„ Leona Crossett, Julia Cruickshank, Morris Darling, John Donaldson, Allan Froome, Donna Gillespie, Barbara Hall, Gail Hender- son, Janette Henderson, Ruth Hotch- kiss, Gail Lavigne, Shirley Loder, Freda Lott, Jimmy MacDonald, Ken- neth MacTavish, ,Judith McKibbon, `mantis Merkley, Billy Mitchell, Mar- jorie Moffat, Donna Murray, Jimmy Orvis, Patricia Purdon, Rota Redman, Wayne Riehl, Sharon Riley, Gordon Rintoul, Russell Re:Anson, Jane Sal- ter, Charles Sangst.'r. Dick Scott, Robert Sidling, Eugene Skinn, Paul Strong, Linda Templeman, Barry Thompson, Jill Thomson, Hilda Tiffin. George Whitby. Vera Elliott, Teacher. GRADE I to GRADE II Helen Ann Armstrong, Judith Baker, Karen Beattie, Karen Burden, Ann Clark, Carol Crawford, Karen Elliott, Kenneth Fowler. Patricia Gregg, Deanne Griffith, Frances Groves, Jean Gurney, Douglas Hamilton, Pat- ricia Heywood, Helen Hotchkiss, Douglas Howson, Jean Jones, Beat- rice Klein, Betty Lapp, Donnie ,Lee, Bruce Meehan, John Madill, Sandra MacLennan, Harold MacTavish, Lu- cille Merkley, Beth Merrick, Margaret Morrey, Sue Nasmith, John Newell, James Newell, Donald Pollock, Donald Rintoul, Phyllis Rutledge, Teddy Sed- don, Glenn Skinn, John Strong, Lynne Stuckey, Douglas Spry, Kirk Van- stone, David Whitby. A, G. Williamson, Teacher, • GRADE II to GRADE HI Byron Adams, Joan Angus, Reta Brooks, Charlie Campbell, Frances Caskanette, Marilyn Chamney, Geor- gina Clark, Linda Clark, Stanley Clark, Joan Colvin, Bobby Crawford, Dianne Crossett, Dianne Dennis, Douglas Davidson, Greer Dunlop, John Fryfogle„ Barry Fuller, Eleanor Goy, Patsy Hall, Ruth Henderson, Jane Hetherington, Ruth Hodgins, Bobby Hollenbeck, Cecile Jackson, Murray Kerr, Donna Lancaster, Gloria MacDonald, Bob McPhail, John Mitchell, Sharon Montgomery, Jack Neeve, Anne Rae, Frank Riehl, George Skinn, Ruth Stone, Gary Tem- pleman, Dale Thompson, Paul Rin- toul, Marilyn Ross, Brian Rutledge, Phyllis Johns ,Teacher. GRADE III to GRADE IV Robert Angus, James Angus, Shir- ley Armstrong, Willa Arthur, Paul Bennett, Bobby Brooks, Elizabeth Burrell, Billie Campbell, Peter Car- michael, David Carr, Kenneth Chettle- burgh, Joe Clark, Billie Crawford, Joyce Crothers, Marion Farrier, Ger- ald Foxton, Helen James, George Jones, Lloyd Klein, Sharon Lewis, Douglas Lockridge, :John MacDonald, Malcolm MacKay, Billy McDougall, Bob McIntyre, Walton McKibben, John Merkley. Mary Lou Moffatt, Carol Murray, Donnie Murray, Betty Purdon,l Shirley Redman, Brian Rid- er, David Rutledge, Janet Saint, NEWSPAPER HOLIDAY EARLY IN AUGUST In order to provide holidays for Our, staff, The Wingham Advance-Titnes" will observe the annual newspaper holiday from August 2 to August 9. The office will hot be open for gen- eral business and advertisers and readers alike are asked to bear the dates in Mind. INTERIOR POST OFFICE GETS OVERHAULING i• 'Workmen have been busy on the interior of the Wingham post office since the middle of last week. The partitions separating the space used by the general public and the actual office space behind the "wickets" were removed and are now rebuilt. The office retains the same general ap- pearance, with an ell at the south side, However, the ell now contains the boxes and drawers and the coun- ters for general delivery, money or- der sales, etc, are in a straight line facing the west, or in the position formerly occupied by the boxes, Purpose of the move is to make less footwork for the post office staff in the handling of mails and business transactions, Nancy Slosser, Karen Smith, Laurie Stuckey, Dianne Templeman, Jimmy Wild, Velma Shore, Teacher, GRADE IV to GRADE V Ronnie Baker, Joan Brooks, Doro- thy Chamney, Marjorie Foxton, Jean Froome, Gwenyth Gerrie, Verna Griffith, Donald Gurney, Billy Hen- derson, Emerson Hickey, Mavylee Hollenheck, Jack Hotchkiss, Billie Howson, Kenneth James, Douglas Lapp, Fay Lavigne, Tudith Lunn, Elva MacDonald, George Murray, Peter Nasmith, Marilyn Riehl, Jimmie Rintoul, Robert Rintoul, Myrna Rob- inson, Norma Rutherford, Irene Saint, Dawn Sinnamon, Douglas Skinn, Mary Stone, Sandra Strong, Karen Swanson, Sharon Thomson, Raymond Walker. V. McLaughlin, Teacher GRADE V to GRADE VI Mary Alice Armstrong, Joan Ar- thur, Murray Campbell, George Chet- tieburgh, Harold Ferguson, Ruth Fry- logic, Mary Gibbons, Barry Gibson, Claudia Haselgrove, Rae Hethering- ton, Jim Howson, Wendy Jenks, Mar- garet Machen, Billie Macintyre, Mary Helen MacDonald, Marianne McKibben, John Moffatt, Marykae Newman, Richard Pollock, Vernon Redman, Charlie Scott, Henry Skinn, Mary Skinn, David Templeman, Ferne Vanstone, John Waine, Tom Wilkin- son, G. E. Webster, Teacher. GRADE VI to GRADE VII Veda Arthur, Jim Bain, Lester Burden, Tommy Burrell, David Cam- eron, Billy Clarke, Gail Colvin, Mary Lou Dunlop, Betty Foxton, Diane Garrett, Lionel. Gerrie., Frank Hough- ton, Nancy Hutcheson, Earl Jenkins, Doris Meehan, Grant McIntyre, Dawna Moffat, Joyce Moffatt, Ray Murray, Beverly Nethery, Jamie 12tae, Florence Sanderson, David Scott, Betty Stone. A. J. H. MacDonald, Teacher. GRADE VII to GRADE VIII Bob Aitken, Carman Bennett, Greg- ory Buchanan, Jim Campbell, Doug- las Carr, Marion Chittick, Kenneth Crawford, Lois Crawford, Lynn Cruickshank, Mary Frances Currie, Jack Ferguson, Helen Ford, Jim Fox- ton, Barry Fryfogle, Douglas Gibson, Phyllis Hamilton, Alice Hayden, Ian Hetherington, Jim Lockridge, Barbara Merrick, Jim Newman, Mary Rae, Bill Rintoul, Raymond Sanderson, Marjorie Scott, David Slosser, Lois The big feature of the Kinsmen Club's annual carnival, to be held on Friday arid Saturday evening of this week will be the Soap Box Derby. Many of the youngsters in town and district have already given their ve- hicles trial runs and are now madly making last-minute changes in design in order to improve performance in the big race, A preliminary derby is to be held on the Victoria Street hill on Friday evening at 7 o'clock and the following evening at the sane time the finalists will compete for the grand prises. The winner will receive a bicycle: the lad in second position will receive A wrist watch and the third place winher will get a baseball outfit. The Twenty-First Regiment Band will be out foe the event add after the running of the Derby on Victoria The question of continuing organiz- ed recreation in Wingham may be de- cided at the municipal election this fall, according to a resolution passed by the town council on Thursday ev- ening: The resolution was worded as follows "In view of the fact that the Re- creation Council have approached the Town Council relative to the continu- ance of organized recreation in our town, the Town Council do hereby go on record as 'being in favor of a sum- mer and winter program only for re- DIED JOHNSTON—In Sault Ste Marie, on Tuesday, July 3rd,, 1951, John J, Johnston, in his 88th, year. He was on the police force there for many years. His wife was the former Margaret Breen, of Turnherry, He is survived by one daughter,Mrs. J. P. Dennany of Sault Ste. Marie, one grandson and one granddaugh- ter. The funeral service will he held in the Anglican Church, Wingham, on the arrival of the C. P. R. train, on Friday afternoon, July 6th„ and interment will take place in Wing- ham cemetery. Mrs. R. G. Gannett of ' town, is a niece of the deceased, PERCURYT FIRST LOSS Believe me, this is no weather re- port, but there are warmer days ahead, for a hatter tempo can be ex- pected from the Wingham Mercuries after their first defeat at the hands of the Port Elgin boys last Wednes- day night, Up to June 27, the boys didn't know the meaning of the word defeat, but everybody knew it had to 'come. They really set a record with seven straight wins to open the season, As some of the officials put it, "It's the best thing that could happen." Without any soft soap, Wingham still put' on a good show against the Lakesiders. They not only had a sharp team to contend with, but they set a record that they didn't want tarnished. The visitors deserved their win and it was a good game to watch throughout. The final count gave Port Elgin six runs to the Crossetts' 1. The Port Elgin team collected 13 hits and slipped up twice for two errors. The Merks made it 5 hits and 2 errors. H. Bruce, Port Elgin's left fielder, led the parade for his team with two trips around, the first coming in the fifth frame and the second in the fin- al inning. The other counters for the lakeshore squad were brought in by Ellis, Smith, R. Bruce and McNeil. Sparrow scored the lone run for the Wingham boys on a single in the fifth. Sparrow and Groves went all the way for the Mercurys, the pitcher claiming 10 strikeouts. Ellis and Mc- Neil did the honors for Port, the for- mer with 12 strikeouts to his credit, The Wingham boys marked up two doubles, the only ones of the game. R H E Port Elgin . 010 021 002 6 13 2 Wingham 000 010 000 1 5 2 Wingham—Sparrow, Groves, c.; Crowson, lb.; Aitcheson, 2b.; Gardner 3b.; Seli, s...s.; Templeman, I.f.; Foster, c,f.; Foxton, Pt. Elgin—Ellis, p.; McNeil, ca Mc- Kinnon, lb.; Paddon, 2h.; Cairns, 3b.; Smith, s.s.; H, Bruce, If.; R. Bruce, Street the Wingham Town Park will be the centre of interest. On both Friday and Saturday evenings the Kinsmen will put on their monster effort of the year. There will be a ferris wheel and various rides for the kiddies; bingo, wheels and games of skill for the older folk. A refreshment booth on the grounds is likely to be kept busy. On Saturday night there will he a draw to determine the winner of the $1,000 kitchen set on which the Kins- : men have been selling tickets for the past few weeks. Proceeds of the entire event will he [ used for the construction of a wading pool in the town patk for the ten. Your support of the Kinsmen on the occasion of their big money- making effort of the year is urged. creation and do hereby recommend the Recreation Council to continue the summer program with funds made available at the time estimates were struck for the year 1951 and to con- tinue to September 1st, this year and, at the fall elections, if necessary, the ratepayers will be given an opportun- ity to express their opinion on this matter by ballot." The resolution was drawn at a spec- ial meeting of the town council for the purpose of discussing the question with the recreation council. Ronald Rae, president of the Recreation group, addressed the council, and asked clarification of the future of organized recreation in the town. He mentioned particularly the summer program which should be started at once. In reply Mayor W. W. Gurney stat- ed that the town council had no in- tention of interfering with the sum- mer program when the original action was taken, and that the money is still available to operate for the sum- mer months. Norman Welwood, recreation coun- cil member, pointed out the difficulty of securing a proper director for summer activities when the future of recreation in .the town is uncertain. He said that the provincial authoil- summer but wanted to know about the long-range plans for recreation in Wingham. Mr. Welwood also referr- ed to the poll of opinion which had horn conducted by the recreation counell by ballot, through the Lions and Kinsmen Clubs and parents of public school children. He said that 55 per cent of those polled were in favor of a plan of organized recrea- tion for the town. A. D. MacWilliam, recreation coun- (.11 member, said that his group had' attempted to retain the services of Ernie Miller, the director until a month ago, but had found it impos- sible to do so in view of the munici- pal council's decision to cease pay- nients toward recreation at of September. He said that the pro- vincial director would not give ap- proval to the hiring of a man for two months only and that it was now im- possible to secure university under- graduates for this type of work, The recreation council had attempted to secure the services of one of the local school teachers without success. Ross Hamilton, president of the Kinsmen Club, stated that the mem- bers of his organization had been un- animously in favor of the recreation p rogram. Don Nasmith, president of the Lions Club, said that there had b,-en only nine dissenting votes in his club. He went on to state that the recrea- tion program had been established five years ago and it was generally conceded that it was a good thing for the community. He said he failed to see in what particular that condition had changed in the interval. Mayor Gurney voiced the theught that if the enthusiasm which has been aroused in the supporters of organ- ized recreation by the present situa- tion had been in evidence ail along the situation as it stands now Would never have arisen, Councillor ,,DeWitt Miller outlined the problem which was faced•by the council at the time estimates were being struck this year. It was found that the mill rate was to run very high, with the necessary construction the public school and other unfore- seen expenses. The proposed con- struction of a sewage disposal plant had to be shelved as well as the re- creation program. Ronald Rae informed the gather., ing that there were two younger people in town who are prepared to act as assistants for the summer months as long as there is an older person who will act as director and take responsibility for the program. Norman Welwood referred to the aspects of recreation which do not fall under the sports heading, such as drama, music arts and crafts. tie eonten4ied that these are of very great value to the community. Mayor Gurney crystaliZed the prob- lem at hand when he said, "You've got money here for a summer pro- gram, Are you willing to carry on? That's the whole point." Several members of both coutiellS., were in favor of a separate vote on the question, and as the town coun- cil met in session following the with- drawal of the delegation, the cote, census of opinion was that if neces- sary the vote should be' incorporated in the ballot at the municipal elec- tions this fail. hiNDEMARTEN ACCEP S All Big ST REfilSTRATION Promotion Results at Public School (Continued on Page Folio c,f,; Mann, r.f, Racers Readying Miniature Cars or Soap Box Derby at Carnival PT. am HANDS OUT .tpioe:sibhlaed tointsitactuarteed a tlrirtecittormliogibtthbise z. Kin Karnival, Soap Bo* Derby Friday, Saturday, his Week ights