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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1952-04-09, Page 1ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By The Pedestrian Councillor! Frank Howson stated on Monday night that he felt Wingham's streetcars should be taken off Jose- phine St. and run along Minnie St, A streetcar service might be a big help in getting to work these morn- ings. 0 - 0 - 0 0) Judging by the number of new tri- cycles. and roller skates blossoming cut along the streets, the hardware stores must be doing a rush business, 0 - 0 - 0 Charlie Lee is now driving one of the classiest jobs on wheels—a 1927 Pierce Arrow. Charlie is right proud of this high-backed chariot. 0 - 0 - 0 The Curlers' Banquet will be held 'Wednesday evening, April 16th in the Wingham Armouries. It will mark the wind-up of a very successful .season for the local club, 0-0-0 Don't forget to have your scrap ready for the Kinsmen Salvage Drive on Wednesday, April 16th, String will be distributed to Wingham homes to ,be used in bundling up newspapers. Dump your salvage on the Kinsmen, they won't mind, 0 - 0 - This is the time of year when the 'women start to think about spring cleaning and the dust really begins to fly . . . the men too. Town em- ployees have been busy doing their own spring cleaning along the Main St., last week. They removed the layers of sand, dirt and .general rub- bish and now it is possible to actually see the pavement, 0 a .0 -10 • .An emergency meeting of the Wing- ham Bachelor's Club was called last week to deal with the marriage of their ideal, Li'l Abner Yokum to Daisy 'Mae. The boys have been thrown in- to a panic by this news and some are even contemplating going out with !girls. The mainstay and idol has tak- en that (ugh) fatal step (shudder) marriage! Drastic measures will be taken against members who break the club rules. bartiCtz With which is amalgamated the Gorrie Vidette and Wroxeter News Subscription *2.6() per year; 6c per copy WINOHAM, ONTARIO, WED NESDAY, APRIL 9th r 1955 Vol. 78, No. 32 Town Council Considers Necessary Street Repairs at Monday's Meeting Easter Cantata At St. Andrew's At the evening service, Sunday, April 13th., the choir of St. Andrew's .Presbyterian Church; under the direc- tion of Harold Victor Pym, will pre- sent the Cantata,' "Eastertide," by Denial Protheroe. This Cantata is in two parts, "The Passion," and "Easter". The Passion .opens with the words of the hymn, 'There Is a Green Hill Far Away," .and in solo and chorus parts tells the story of the trial of Jesus and the Crucifixion, The second part com- mences with the arrival of Mary Mag- .dalene and the other Mary at the empty tomb, The final chorus includes the words "But thanks be to God, which giveth Us the Victory, through .our Lord, Jesus Christ," On Parade! The 99th Bter, paraded at the Ar- mouries on Monday night, Sgt.-Major Bill Harris fell in the troops at 2000 hours, Major Roy Bonner took the first period on Organization of an Infantry Division with emphasis on the role filled by the Anti-Tank Regiment. Sgt.-Major Bill Harris then took over and outlined the organization of the wireless communications for the Division and Regiment. Films were shown to finish the night. The Band paraded at the fire hall upper chambers and carried on a prac- tice under Sgt, Ernie Seddon, Congratulations are in order for the following personnel who have receiv- ed promotions' recently: Roy Bonner, Captain to A/Major; Jack Blackwell, :Bdr. to A/Sgts George Guest, Iledley Burden, Ron Ferguson, Bob Sinna- mon, Wilf Arthur. and Bob Hickey, Gnrs. to Bdrs.; Lloyd Casemore A/Bdr, to Bdr, The area inspection at Listowel ar- mouries on Tuesday, April let„ was highly successful, The entire regi- ment was inspected by Brigadier W. A. B. Anderson, 0.B.E., C.D., corn. Mending officer of Western Ontario Area. Batteries from Goderieh, Listowel, Walkerton and Winghtun were pre- sent. The parade was drawn up by Major Elmer Bell and presented to the Brigadier by Lt.-Col, R. S. Hether- ington, E.D. After the inspection the Brigadier paid high tribute to the 21st Anti- Tank Regiment. The inspection Was followed by a social hour for all tea- Corned. NEWLY-DECORATED S.A. HALL IS DEDICATED The newly - decorated Salvation Army Hall was dedicated last Sunday evening. Guest speaker was Rev. J. Pollock, President of the Wingham Ministerial Association. Dr, B. N. Corrin was the guest soloist and rendered two selections, "The Love of God" and "I'd Rather Have Jesus." Lieet, K. L. Kirby, commanding officer of the local corps, conducted the service of worship. The local Salvation Army Band was..also in at- tendance. Members of •the band are: Albert Rintoul, ealr. and Mr. Hitchings, Miss Jean Rintoul and Lieut. and Mrs. Kirby. Mrs. Rintoul accompanied at the piano. Rev." Pollock took as his sermon, "The Three Crosses at Calvary." He pained a dark picture of the times when Christ was crucified and com- pared them with to-day. He dwelt on the two other men who were crucified with Him and imagined them to be political prisoners who had run afoul of the law, which,it was the duty of every Christian to disobey. "How do men come to know that the central figure has something to do with God?" he asked. The speaker ended his sermon by, pointing out the chal- lenge to each one of us to-day. • Three lilies donated by. Miss Glare Gross ',graced the front of the hall. The decorating of the hall was done by Elmer Wilkinson, The walls have been finished in light and dark greens, the floor refinished, linoleum laid and new lighting installed. Signs were painted by Ken Baker with very fine results, Kitthnen Offer Aid In Spring .Cleaning Spring Cleaning time is here and the Kinsmen would like ;to help! It's always a problem to know what to do with all those old newspapers, mat- resses, magazines, etc. Weil it isn't any problem this year! The Kinsmen Club of Wingham will hold their Sal- vage Drive on Wednesday, April 16th. That's exactly one week from today. If you would like to have the col- lectors remove anything from your home, call early on Wednesday and a truck will be sent to make the pick- up., Farmers can bring their salvage to the town shed, where it may be left for the Kinsmen. Cold'etions will be made in Bleevale, Belgrave and Whitechurch on the Wednesday morn- -Mr. and Mrs. George Williams were in Detroit on Monday of this week for the funeral of Mr. Albert Cooksey, Who died on April 3rd, Mr. Cooksey is a brother of Mrs. WOMEN'S INSTITUTE The regular April meeting of the Women's Institute will be held in the council Chambers, Thursday afternoon, April 17th, Boll Call will be answered by the payment of fees followed by yearly reperts and election of officers, Hostesses will be Mrs. J, Halliday, Mrs. Haseigrove, Mrs, DuVal, Mrs, Reughan, Mrs, P. Edgar and Mrs, F. Sturdy, Brown—Finlay . A double ring ceremony was sol- emnized at Wesley 'Willis United Church Manse in Clinton, by Rev. Hugh C, Wilson, on April 5th., when Mary Audrey, youngest daughter' of Mrs. Len Cook, Blyth, and the late David H. Finlay, Wingham, became the bride of William John, only son of Mr. and Mrs. George Brown of Blyth, The bride was lovely in a grey pie and pie suit with navy accessories and a corsage of red roses. She wore a lovely locket, a gift of the groom, Attending the bride was Mrs. Fern Shoo, rook ofeeBlyth, wearing ta„ geeera gabardine suit with pink and black accessories and corsage of yellow ros- es. The groom's attendant was Mr. Roy Shobbrook. Following the ceremony the, bridal party had their wedding dinner at the Clinton Hotel, The couple left on a trip to the United States. Mr. and Mrs. Brown will reside in Blyth, I ORMER-NEWSPAPiRMAN DROWNS AT FORNICH Archie Roberts, 55, former editor of The Fordwich Record, drowned in the Maitland River at Fordwich, at 8 a.m. Monday. He was last seen at the Fordwich dam and a hurried call brought help from about 40 local 're- sidents and members of the Wingham fire Brigade. The body was recovered some 80 rods down stream at 9.30 the same morning, All efforts to revive the victim by artificial respiration failed. Firemen from here who as- sisted in the search were Bill Bain, Dave Carruthers, Wil'f 'Caslick, Char- lie Blatchford, Harvey Taylor and Gordon Rapson, Mr. Roberts, who was a veteran of the first World War, had been in ill health for some time, and had return- ed from hospital in London only last Wednesday, where he had been un- der treatment. He had operated the Fordwich Record until two years ago and was known throughout the trade as a fine craftsman. On several oc- casions Mr. Roberts had assisted the staff of The Advance-Times, where he was greatly respected, as he was throughout his own community. Our deepest sympathy is extended to his sorrowing family, A native of Mount Forest, he was a member . of the Fordwich United Church and was actively interested in boys' work. He is survived by his wife, the former Hilda Gibson; one son, Harold, of Listowel, and two bro- thers, Reuben, of Durham and Wil- liam, of Listowel, Mrs. James Boyle Dies in New York Maria Watterson Boyle, widow of James Boyle, died yesterday at her home, 61 West Grand Street, New Cork City. She was the daughter of the late Gabriel and Mary Watterson. She had lived in Mount Vernon since 1026 and was a member of the Church of the Ascension, She leaves a daughter, Mrs. Irving S. Higgins of this city; a sister, Miss Catherine C. Watterson of Ocean Grove, I\T.V„ and three grandchildren, Mrs. Boyle was born in Ireland, lived ill New York but spent summers here in Wingham with her son, George Boyle, of Lower Winghant T.B. SURVEY HERE AT END OF JUNE Representatives from the Lions Club of Wingham and the Howick Lions Club met in'' the council chamber here last Wednesday evening to make initial plans for an X-ray survey in the province-wide campaign against tuberculosis. G. Stoaltley, of the Department owf Health was pres- ent and outlined the preparatory work which must be handled by the local committees. Eitact dates for the survey in Winehain and Ildwiek beeset next Week, ,tartit is known that the X-ray unit will be in this locality during the last week of June. In Wingham the equipment will be set up on Main Street in front ofthe town hall. The location in Gorrie is likely to be at the community hall. It will remain in Wingham for three days and then move on to Gorrie and finally to Fordwich, The X-ray equipment is contained in a vehicle resembling a bus and the examinations are done right in the vehicle. The X-ray takes only a matter of seconds, costs nothing and ls, of course, painless, It is not necessary to remove clothing. The committees of the two service clubs are arranging for a 'complete house-to-house canvass of the Town- ships of Howick, Turnberry and East Wawanosh, as well as part of the Township of Morris and the complete Town ofe Wingham. Purpose of the calls at the homes is to make sure that every family knows of the dates of the survey and is urged to make use of the facilities which are offered. A card will be left for each member eligible for Xray, as well as a pamph- let to explain the details. Children under 12 are not X-rayed. Expenses of the survey are actual- ly paid for out of donations to the Christmas Seal fund and the work which has been carried on for several Years past by the Department of Health has done tremendous good in early diagnosis and prevention of T.B, This disease can be checked. speedily if found in its initial stages but is practically without symptoms in the early months. Representing the Howick Lions Club were C. D. Walmsley, Ewart Whitfield and John Lane, The Wing- ham committee is composed of Barry Wenger, chairman; Chas. Blythe, George Scott, Verne Dunlop, Wm. Galbraith, Bill Cruickshank, Wm. Irwin and Frank Madill, Nephew of Turnberry Man Is Inventor George Hastings of New Liskeard has an invention which has the auto- motive world excited, His invention is a carburetor which he claims Will give 200 miles to the gallon Of gas. The inventor's father was born on the 9th of Turnberry and his uncle, Roy Aastipgs, still farms in that town- ship. Over 100 persons watched a demon- stration of this marvellous new in- vention Which revved a, jacked-up jeep station wagon to 70 miles an hour Oh a diet of rarefied gasoline that could namely be smelled and could hot be seen, Hastings is a school hue driver at New Liskeard, He has tried his iri>, vendors on the bus with a great deal of success. SELLS BUSINESS Jim Cameron has announced the sale of his Taxi Service to Relison Falconer, Jim has assumed an ad- ministrative post at the local armour- ies with the rank of Sergeant-Major. Two Teachers Engaged at H. S., Two new teachers have been en- gaged for next year at the Wingham and District High School. Robert P. Ritter of Toronto will teach in the Senior classes. He is a graduate from 0. C. E. this year. A highly rated hockey player, he played for the Bridgeport Vets two years ago and can play either defence or wing. He is single. Douglas Turner will replace Art Martin, who is leaving at the end of the term to assume a new position at Oshawa High School. He is also single and was born in Windsor. CANTATA PRESENTED IN UNITED CHURCH At the morning service in the Wing- ham United Church on Sunday the choir sang the Lenten cantata "For Us Meng, by I. Burnell, This is one of Novello's modern cantatas. The music follows Jesus, step by step, through all the incidents of Passion Week. After a quiet organ prelude the choir sings the liturgic prayer "0 Lamb of God that takest away the sins of the world, grant us Thy peace." This is written in sustained 6/8 time. A 'soprano solo announces the scene in Gethsemane. Then the narrator takes up the course of ev- ents that led to Jesus' death. The few brief utterances of Jesus are sung by a bass voice. The cries of the crowd come through in highly drama- the choral segments, sung by the choir. In sharp contrast are the sub- dued choruses that voice the prayer, "Hear us, Holy Jesu." Two tenor solos are set in the nar- rative to bring out the signifiCance of the Passion of Jesus, "Jesus wins life and pardon for our sins", and "For me was that compassion". The can- tata ends in a burst of praise, "Christ be praise to Thee". The soloists were W. B. Conron, who sang the difficult part of the narrator; Mrs. Emerson Shore, so- prano, Arthur Martin, tenor, and Mr. Beecroft, who sang the words of Je- sus. The singing of the choir gave evidence of much faithful practice on the part of the choir members and also of difficult and exacting leader- ship on the part of A. D, Bennett, or- ganist and choir master of the Wing- ham United Church, leaving it entirely in their hands. "In the meantime we are keeping in touch with the trade and industry branch of the Government to keep our town's name on their minds in case any project should show up who might be interested in locating in the town," said Mr. McKinney. Reports were made by the various committee chairmen. Councillor De- Witt Miller, for the finance commit- tee, took the opportunity to thank those who did such a good job on the public school debentures. He felt that it had been well handled all the way through and that the town had been saved a good deal of money. BANTAM TEAM RESTS OF KINSMEN CLUB The Kinsmen Bantam Hockey Club, which did so well this season, were the guests of honour at the regular meeting of the Kinsmen Club of Wingham last Friday night. The boys were each presented with a photo- graph of the team and were later treated to hockey and sports movies, Council was concerned ,about the in- 'creasing number of transients. Dur- ;ing the past year some 70 meals were Igiven to homeless men. It was felt that this problem would likely become greater before long. The street committee made a tour of Wingham streets on Monday after- noon and made notes of all necessary repairs. Generally they found the roads to be much better than expect- ed. Chairman Frank Howson, with Councillors McKinney and Purdon and Reeve Johnson made the survey. Chairman W. F. Burgman of the property and construction committee, reported that the town hall was go- ing to be a source of real pride to the community. Work has been complet- ed with the exception of some jobs yet to he done on the stage and some additional lights. The cost will be higher than expected because of the necessity of rewiring part of the build- ing to carry the additional load and pass inspection. A motion was made by Councillor McKinney and seconded by Council for Miller, that the town hall be kept locked on Sundays with the exception of the washrooms. This was done on the recommendation of Police Chief Irwin, who reported that youngsters were roamipg the building on Sun- days. Reeve Johnson reported for the cemetery committee. He stated that there was water in the basement of the new chapel, due to lack of drain- age. As a recognition of his long ser- vice, Mr. Deyell, caretaker at the cemetery, was given a salary incre.a* of $100 per year. It was felt that the rates for cemetery plots would have to be increased due to higher costs. A letter was received from the County Assessor's office inviting the members of the council to attend the annual meeting in' Listowel. An as- sessment adjustment was made on the property of Bob Saint, Edward St., due to the removal of a house on the property, the figure being dropped from $400 to $200. Permission was granted to an Ad- vance Unit of an X-ray clinic to park their mobile unit in front of the town hall during a chest survey at the end of June, and to use the council chamber if necessary. Council adjourned to Sherbondy's Coffee Shop, where they were the guests of H. L. Sherbendy for lunch. ALF LOCKRINE HEADS FIGURE SKATING CLUB The Wingham Figure Skating Club held its first election of officers at the home of Mrs. Ross Hamilton last week. Alf Lockridge was elected president and will head the following slate of officers: First vice-pres., Rod McIn- tosh; second vice-pres., Mrs. Harley Crawford; secretary, Mrs. John Heal; recording secretary, Mrs. Ross Ham- ilton; treasurer, Mrs. K. M. MacLen- nan. The Wingham Kinettes have don- ated $50 to help the club. The local club will be sponsored by the Strat- ford and Owen Sound Figure Skating Clubs. Angus and Mrs. Ethel Stewart en- tertained in Mrs. Angus' home at a shower for Miss Evelyn Jackson About fifteen guests, Pleasant Valley neighbour's of the bride-elect were present. After the gifts were present- ed, a dainty buffet lunch was enjoyed. DANCE AT BLUEVALE The Stone School softball team will hold a dance in the Bluevale Com- munity Hall on Wednesday, April 16, 1952. Novelty dances, spot prizes, Wil- bee's orchestra, All welcome. 2:9:161, PLAY AT WHITECHURCH The humorous, three-act comedy. "Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick," will be presented by the Carrie L,P,U., in the Community Memorial Hall, Whitechurch, April 16th, at 8.30 pan., under the auspices of the W.A. of the 'United Church. Everybody welcome.. I . Adults 50c.. Children 25c. MIDNI(HIT DANCE AT ROYAL T At the Royal T, Wingham, Sunday Midnight dancing, commencing at 12,05, April 14th. Music by Gene Dlouhy. Admission 75c, EUCHRE PARTY I Euchre party to be held in the Masonic Club Rooms at Wroxeter on Vriday, April 18th., at 8.30 p.m. Ladies please bring lunch. Entire proceeds will go to the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, 913- 99th Battery Inspected at Listowel The.99th Battery from Wingham was one of the units of the 21st Anti-Tank Regiment R.C.A. (Reserve) 'in- spected at Listowel last week by Brigadier W. A. An- derson, 0.B.E„ C.D., area headquarters at London. He is seen above inspecting the local unit accompanied by Major Roy Bonner and Lt. Col. R. S. Hetherington. "Service in Canada's Reserve armed forces is not exceed- ed in importance by any other of the many worth- while spare time pursuits which present themselves to young men of this day and age," stated the Brigadier. The Wingham Town Council met in regular session on Monday evening with all members of the council pre- sent with the exception of Councillor Wilkinson, who is out of town. Addressing the gathering, Council- lor Eldon McKinney said, "Regarding the proposed new industry; this is a development by the Chamber of Com- merce, exclusively at their request. The industrial committee of the town council has no connection and no in- formation pertaining thereto. I'm being continually asked about it but have no information. The Chamber of Commerce wanted to handle it alone and we have co-operated by Kin Charlie Lee was promoted to the post of song leader and all agreed that he is one of the best the club has, ever had.. Al Forberg was Serg- eant at Arms, with Bob Ferguson the most-fined member. The minutes were read by secretary Al Williams. Kins- men guests were Lloyd Brant, Roy Bonner and Russ Farrier. Reports were made by the various committees. Chairman Ken Johnson announced that everything was under control for the scrap drive on Wed- nesday, April 16th. Envelopes with string inside, will be distributed to the homes previous to the drive. Nels Cunningham, chairman of the Easter Dance committee announced that the dance was to be held on Wednesday, April 23rd. A booth will be rented by the club from the Orangemen on July 12th. A nominating committee was nam- ed to be composed of: Vic Loughlean, Bob Ferguson, Scott Reid, Ross Vogan and Ross Hamilton. A discussion was held with regards to holding a carnival this summer and it was decided to hold one with the date to be set by the committee who are: Chairman, Jack Stephens; Jack Gorbutt, Ace Bateson and Al Forberg. Len Crawford, chairman of the Wading Pool committee, announced that the contract for the wading pool had been awarded to Dune McDougall with work to be completed by the first of June. A letter was received from the Kin- ettes enclosing a donation for the swimming pool of $200.00. This was gratefully accepted by the Kinsmen and a vote of thanks moved to the Kinettes. Jack Lloyd as. chairman of the sports committee introduced each member of the Bantam team to ;he club members and presented each Bantam with a team photograph. President, Ross Hamilton, was in the chair. Safe Cracked Here Chief Constable 3. W; Irwin and Constable Edward Whitby are seen examin- ing the damaged safe at the British American Oil Co. depot- here. The safe Was looted of $525.30 early Tuesday morning, of last week. --Staff Photo, The meeting then adjourned and several movies were shown. These in- BRIDE-ELECT SHOWERED eluded "Sports Cavalcade" which gave a cross-section of sports in Canada to- On Thursday, April 3rd., Mrs. James day, Two hockey films, one an 4)}1A game and the other of a NEIL genre, were shown also,