The Wingham Advance-Times, 1953-11-04, Page 1
With which is amalgamated the Ginnie Vidette and Wroxeter News
tkrbscriptiona $2.50• per year, 60 per copy WINGHAM, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4th,, 1953
Light Agerida, Heavy Expense
At Mondals Council Sessiol
A light agenda with a heavy expenditure faced the town council
on Monday night, when R. S. Hetherington and. A. H. MacTstvieli of the
Wingham District High School board were present at the regular meeting
to ask that the council issue debentures for $650,000 for the erection of a new high school building. Under the Municipal Act the municipality hr
which the school is built is required to handle the raising of debentures far
the entire cost of the building.
On behalf of the high school board, Mr. Hetherington gave the
council a brief outline of the work already done on the new building. He
described the site already chosen and showed tentative plans for the building,
as drawn up by architect J. D. Kyles and approved by the board.
ON THE HOOF—Guests at a Hal-
loween party at Al William's place
On Friday night were surprised when
a 30-pound pig rushed'into the living
room and proceeded to make himself
at home in the midst of the festivities,
A. quick call to the police brought
Constable Gordon Deyell to the scene,
s'0 and the porker was corralled and tak-
en into custody without too much
trouble. Identity of the pranksters
who dumped the animal in the front
door is suspected, but no charges have
yet been laid.
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SUSPICIOUS CHARACTERS'—Two
local ladies were driving past the
arena in the small, hours of Tuesday
morning and noticed a suspicious-
looking person standing in front of
the doorway. Cii•cling the block sev-
eral times for a better look, they fin-
ally gave up, and had hardly pulled
into the curb before the town cruiser
arrived with a squeal of brakes. Ask-
s,. ing the night constable who was Mit-
4'ering around the arena, the night cop
replied, "That was just ** * *
He just phoned in about two suspic-
ious-looking women who were driving
`round and 'round the block,"
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TRICK OR TREAT—The old famil-
iar Hallowe'en chant was heard all
over town on. Saturday night, and if
the total of the whole town were tak-
en, quite a lot of provisions found
their way into the kiddies' bags. Some
of the citiezns however, were _disap-
pointed to find that after giving the
treat they got the trick, too.
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BLUE MONDAY—Merchants on the
Main 'Street had the Monday blues
this week when they surveyed the ac-
cumulation of soap, lipstick and what-
have-you on the windows from Sat-
urday's Hallowe'en activities. At one
time no less than five of them were
seen peeling the stuff off with razor
blades and scrapers. Making the
best of a bad job, one was heard to
t „e,_ mark something' abonf a' "wonderful
-Finance to get his windows washed."
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KEEP YOUR HEAR DOWN—
Wednesday morning marks the open-
ing of the deer season locally, and
several cases of "buck' fever" have
been reported in the past week, Those
not actually engaged in the -hostilities
are advised to stay away Irom the
battle field in the interests of health.
Deer are reported fairly plentiful in
the area this year, and so are hunters.
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HARD WORK—Enterprising prank-
sters on Friday night broke into the
shed containing Mitchell's meat wag-
on, hacksawed through a chain which
kept the wheels from turning, towed
the wagon down to Lower Town, let
the air out of the tires and filled the
back of the wagon with wood. As
someone remarked, if they had to do
It for a living they'd think they were
overworked.
LADIES' AUXILIARY, WINGHAM
GENERAL HOSPITAL TO MEET
The regular meeting of the Ladies'
Auxiliary to Wingham General Hos-
pital will be held in the Council
Chamber on'Friday afternoon, Nov-
j .ember 6 at two o'clock. Please note
ohange of time. ' F4b
TEA AND SALE
AT UNITED CHURCH
The Woman's Association of the
Wingham United Church is holding
a Christnias Tea and sale of aprons,
novelties and baking on Wednesday,
November 18th, at 3 p.m. There will be
nursery for the very young, F4:11b
GOLDEN WEDDING
MARTIN—Mr, and Mrs. A. J. Martin,
Catherine St., Wingham, will be at
home to friends and neighbours .on
Sunday, November 15th, from 1 to
p.m. on the occasion of their
'Golden Wedding Anniversary. F4*
ATTENTION VETERANS
Church parade to United Chtfrch on
Sunday, November 8th, Fall in at 10.15
'ELM. at Legion Home. All veterans
and logion smembers welcome. Service
at Cenotaph folleWing churn Service.
Dress berets and medals, F4b
'NOTICE
Mr. F. D. representative of
,Singer Sewing Machine CO., after 3
months illness, is now back to work.
Contact hlin by phone 665 for repairs,
new machines, services, ebb. F4b
TURKEY SUPPER
A Turkey Supper Is to be Ifekt in
Gorrle United Church, Wednesday,
ItoV 11th. Supper served from 5 to,8,
followed by a good variety pro-
tein:me. Come and enjoy a ,good
treat. F4b
least without artyl serious incidents,
According to Chief Bert Platt.
Numerous windows were soaped, in-
cluding those et 'Practically every
store on Josephine Street, and a num-
ber of street sign* were torn down
on Carling Terraee, Several light
bulbs were broken In various parts of
town, and a brick .pillar in front of
sill Currie's house on Victoria Street
was overturned.
The Lion's Hallowe'en party at the
town hall on Satnrday night was cred-
ited with keeping a lot of the younger
citizens, out of mischief,
Receive Medals
,Reeve Harry Gowdy, of Howick
Township, has received a silver medal
commemorating the coronation of
Queen Elizabeth. Mr, Gowdy has serv-
ed on the council fOr eight years.
Miss " AcIfian Finley, of Brantford,
has also been the recipient of a medal
from the Queen, for her years of ser-
vice in teaching school. Miss Finley is
well known in Wirigham, as she is a
niece of Mrs. P. th, King and spends
her vacations' in Wingham with her
aunt. •
Guest Preacher
Hallowe'en was "Quiet" REMEMBRANCE DAY Chief Platt Reports
Hallowe'en pasSed quietly or at PARADE ON SUNDAY
;Tilt di
ALONG THE MAIN DRAG
By The. Pedestrian
HALLOWE'EN PARTY AT
TOWN HALL SUCCESS
About 500 children of all ages were
on hand at the town hall on Saturday
night for a gigantic Hallowe'en party
sponsored by the Wingham Lions
Club.
Dressed in every conceivable type
of costume, the kids gathered at' the
town park at 7 o'clock, and paraded
from there to the town hall, accomp-
anied by the music of the Little Ger-
man Band. Here they were welcomed
by Bob Carbert,. who acted as master
of ceremonies and conducted the con--
test for the best costumes, Judges in
the contest were Mrs. R. R. Hobden,
Mrs. W. B. McCool and Mrs. R. E.
McKinney
Prizes were given for the best nat-
ional costume, boys and girls, best
comic costumes and best fancy dress,
and a special prize was awarded to
the most original couple '
The Lions Club made a gift of 10c,
a box of crackley nut and an apple to
each child present, in addition to
prizes for the costume. Comic films
rounded out a very enkanble .evening.
ENGAGEMENT
Mr. and Mrs, W. T. Cruickshank,
Wingham, wish to announce the en-
gagement of their Only daughter, Lois
Jean, to Arthur Ross ,McCall, younger
`son of Mr, and Mrs. Arthur McCall,
Walton.
par t
to take place the
latter part of November. 7F'4*
ST. PAUL'S LADIES' GUILD
ANNUAL SALE OF APRONS
The Ladies! Guild of St. Paul's
Church will hold their annual sale of
aprons and many other articles on
Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 25th, in•
the parish room of the church. •
There will also be home;rimdo bak-
leg and candy for sale. A country
store and a "Touch and Take Table".
Afternoon Tea will be served.
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TO "BLITZ" FOR FUNDS
ON FRIDAY EVENING
About $100 damage was done to a
car owned and driven by Jim. Angus,
on Wednesday, when a truck, driven
by Harold Thacker, of Teeswater, col-
lided with the rear end of the Angus
car on Josephine Street.
According to police, Mr. Angus was
proceeding north on Josephine• Street,
just north' of the town hall, and the
truck was travelling north 'behind
him. Mr. Angus' car was struck from
behind, doing damage to the' trunk,
(all light and Aar fender.
Constable Ted Whitby investigated.
It is understood that charges may be
laid.
William M. Rann
Dies in,Hospital
A former pupil of the Wingham
District. High School, William M.
Rann, 21, of Brussels;died last Wed-
nesday in Wingham General Hospital.
He had been confined to the hospital
for several weeks preceding his death,
suffering' from leukemia.
Born in Brussels, he was the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Alkin Rann. After at-
tending' public and high school in
Brussels and the Wingham District
High School, he went into his father's
furniture and undertaking business. A
year ago he obtained his graduation
diploma from the. Ranting Institute
School of Embalming. He was a mem-
ber of the Brussels United Church,
and sang in the choir there. He was
also a member of the Brussels Lions
Club.
Besides his parents, he is survived
by a brother, Robert, of London, and
a sister, Jane, at home.
Funeral service was held at the
family home, Alfred Street, Brussels,
on Friday, at 2 p.m., with Rev. And-
rew Lane officiating. Interment was
in Brussels cemetery.
Dettman-Renwick
A very pretty autumn wedding
took place in Delmore on Saturday,
October 31st., at 3 o'clock, when Eve-
lyn Jean Renwick, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Clark Renwick, of Belmore,
became the bride of Kenneth Edward
Dettman, son of Mr. and Mrs, Albert
Dettman, of Clifford. Rev. West of-
ficiated at the service.
The bride, given in marriage by her
father, wore a powder blue wool gab-
ardine suit with black and white ac-
cessories and a corsage of pink 'roses
and white stephanotis,
The brideimaid, Miss Joanne Gil-
mar, of Belmore, wore a grey suit
With white and rust accessories and
a corsage of yellow' roses,
• The wedding receptIOn was ii/eld in
the Hotel BrtinsWick, Wingham.
Guests „were present from Simcoe,
Oakland, Hanover, London and Clif-
ford. After a wedding 'trip to North
Bay, the couple will reside on the
groom's farm near Clifford.
A coroner's jury, under the direc-
tion of coroner Dr?, W. A. Crawford,
found "negligence do the part of Can-
ada Packers Ltd."'at an inquest into
the death of Stewqrt Dove, who was
killed in an acnichkt at the plant on
Monday, October, 26th. The verdict of
the jury said that the fatality might
have been avoided if there had been a
pin flush with the shaft which caused
the accident instead of a bolt.
Witnesses testifying ,at the inquest
were Ross Allen, manager of the plant,
William Willis and Orville Hastings,
employees, F. A. E. Cooke, district in-
spector of the provincial Department
of Labor, photographer Ian Hammer-
ton, Provincial Constable Charles
Salter and Chief Constable Bert Platt.
Crown Attorney Glenn Hays, of Code-
rich, was also present. The coroner's
jury consisted of Alton Adams, Nor-
man Welwood, Len Crawford and A.
Hackett, with W. B. Conron, as fore-
man.
Recommended Shorter Bolts
Evidence presented by witnesses at
the hearing showed that the deceased
had met his death because of the en-
tanglement of his clothing on the line
shaft of the plant, Situated on the
third floor of the building. According
to evidence, entanglement was caused
by a bolt which protruded out of the
line shaft, catching the clothing of
the deceased as it came in contact
with the revolving bolt.
Inspector Cooke tsetified that in
March of this year he had inspected
the plant, and at that time he recom-
mended that the long bolts in the
shaft be replaced with shorter ones.
Evidence brought forth the fact that
the bolts inspected by Cooke had act-
ually been replaced by shorter bolts,
but that a shorter bolt had been the
cause of the accident. The inspector
admitted at the inquiry that his re-
commendations regarding the bolts
were not as clear as they might have
been.
Text of Verdict
Text of the jury's findings was as
follows:
"We find after due consideration of
all evidence, both seen and heard,
that the deceased, Stewart Dove, met
his death on Monday morning, Octo-
ber 26, 1953, between the hours of 9,30
a.m. and 10.40 a.m.
"In view of the evidence presented
and because of lack of eye witnesses,
we have determined that the deeeased
met his death because of the entangel-.
meat of his clothing on the line shaft
situated in the penthouse of the Can-
ada Packers Feed Mill.
"This entanglement was caused by
a bolt which protruded for some dis-
tance out of this line shaft,
"Due to lack of evidence showing
how the clothing of the deceased
came in contact with the above bolt
and line shaft, we have determined
that the situation which allowed this
hazard to exist proves negligence on
the part of Canada Packers Ltd, •
"We have further determined that
had there been a phi, flush with the
shaft, instead of a bolt, that this fatal-
ity Might have been avoided."
Remembrance day will be marked
in Wingham on Sunday instead of
November 11th,
A special Armistice Day service
Will be held in Wingham United
Church on Sunday to which members
of the Canadian Legion will parade.
The service will be conducted by Rev.
D. J. MacRae.
Following the church ;service the
Legion members will parade to a civic
ceremony to be held at the Cenotaph,
at which wreaths will be laid by var-.
ious organizations of the town. The
ceremony at the Cenotaph will take
place at approximately 12.30. All citi-
zens are invited to attend these ser-
vices.
Poppy Day will be held on Saturday
this year, with members of the Legion
Auxiliary conducting the tag day and
Legion members assisting in the even-
ing. Money from the Poppy Day fund
Is to help disabled veterans and those
in financial difficulties.
On Remembrance Day, ,November
11th, a two-minute silence will be ob-
served. The period will be marked by
the ringing of the town hall bell at
11 o'clock and again at two minutes
past eleven,
Kinsmen to Help
Recreation Council
bers present. Kin Vic Loughlean and
Kin Bob Ferguson receiving the
brunt of the attack, 'Kin Jack Step-
hens was appointed Sgt.-At-Arms and
managed to consume his supper after
a considerable cooling period.
An election was held to determine
who would replace secretary Les. Mil-
ler, who has moved to a different loc-
ation. Kin Jack Gorbutt coming up
victorious for the position, winning
over the other candidates, Jim Me-
Gleish and John Currie,
The annual Hallowe'en dance was
held in the Wingham Armouries on
Friday, October 30th, Johnny Day's
orchestra in attendance. All attending
were asked to be in costume.
It was moved and seconded that
the Kin Club help out the Wingham
Recreation council in their drive for
funds in the near future.
Closing Exercises
For Holmes' S.S. •
The closing exercises for Holmes'
Sunday School, Turnberry, took the
form of an open session on Sunday,
October 25th, with the following pro-
gram. Devotional exercises, two
hymns by the Young Men's chorus, a
reading by Dorothy Ross; a piano solo
by Neil Eadie. Rev. John Pollock
made the presentation of awards to
the following pupils for memorization
of Scripture: Donald Eadie, Dorothy
Ross, Doris Pickell and Jane McKag-
ue,
Miss V. McLaughlin of Wingham,
gave a splendid flannelgraph and Mr.
Frank Co". .r favored with two lovely
solos.
Since the Sunday School is conduct-
ed on a non-denominational basis, it
was decided that contributions of $15
be made to each of the following,
Miss Laura Collar, missionary in Af-
rica and to the local Salvation Army.
The Sunday School gratefully ack-
nowledges the assistance given them
by the following: Mrs. Wilmer Har-
court, Mrs. John Graham, Rev. Alex
Nimmo, Rev. H. L. Parker and Mr.
Gordon Maclnnes.
ACTIVITY STIRRING
AT CURLING RINK
Activity 'at the Curling Club has
been stirring during the past week,
with a committee under Norm Rintoul
busy working on the rink in prepar-
ation for the season ahead, Volunteer
laborers have been putting plywood
around the walls of the rink, and gen-
erally getting things in shape.
The ice-making machine is expected
to. get rolling this week, and it is 'hop-
ed that members will be able to curl
for the first time this season around
the middle of the month.
The Curling Club's fifth annual
bonspiel is scheduled for November
30th and will run until December 4th.
—Mrs. Walter Huggan of Brussels,
Who has been visiting her nephew and,
niece, Mr. and Mrs. George Tervit, has
left for her new home, Tweedsmtiir
Hall, in London, Ontario.
—Mr. and Mrs. Aleit Reinhardt,
Miss Doreen Ste Marie, of Guelph,
and Mr. Cletus Kuenemb.n of Hanover,
Spent Sunday with Mrs; Francis Ste
Marie and family.
What the Council Did-
-Appointed Barry Wenger as fifth
man on the court of revision to be•
held at the town hall next Monday
night, The other four members of the
court of revision are Mayor DeWitt
Miller, Reeve R. E. McKinney, Coun-
cillor Frank Howson and R. S. Hefh-,
erington.
—Decided to banquet the Midget
Softball team winners of the all Ont-
ario championship and the Bantam
softball team, winners of the WOAA
championship and to present the Mid-
gets with jackets,
—Moved to rescind the by-law re-
quiring an 11 o'clock closing for pool
rooms in town, and to extend the clos-
ing for pool rooms to 12 o'clock mid-
night.
—Decided to ask the Municipal
Board to approve debentures of $650,-
000 to he issued by the town of Wing-
ham on behalf of the Wingham Dis-
trict High School, for the erection of
a new school. •
—Moved to pay the town assessor,
William Haney, the sum of $300 extra
and above his regular salary for his
work in re-assessing the town.
—Decided to complete the sidewalks
on the east side of Josephine Street,
and continue it as far as Victoria St,
—Read a by-law concerning parkiag
on the main street for the first and
second time. The new by-law provides
for two-hour parking on Josephine
Street during business hours.
—Passed building permits to the
value of $61,500 including a permit
for the erection of the boiler room
and laundry at the hospital.
MANY CONFIRMED AT
Most Rev. John C. Cody, D.D., LLD,'
Bishop of London, visited Sacred
Heart Church, Wingham, on Wednes-
day evening, October 28th, to adminis-
ter the Sacrament of Confirmation to
39 children and 11 adult candidates,
Rev. Rend Durand, parish priest,
welcomed Bishop Cody on behalf of
the parishioners of Sacred Heart,
Wingham and its mission of St.
Ambrose, Brussels.
Addressing the candidates, Bishop
Cody reminded them that they were
receiving a sacrament instituted by
Christ to make them strong, more
perfect soldiers of Christ. "We need
this means of grace especially in to-
day's godless and more materialistic
age" stated Bishop Cody, referring
in his remarks to the religious perse-
cution being endured by Cardinals
lVfindszenty and Wyszyncki, Arch-
bishop Stepinac and countless other
priests and laity suffering for the
same cause of Christ in communist
countries.
Rev. Father McCormick, secretary
to Bishop Cody, questioned the child-
ren on their Catechism and Bible
history. Rt. Rev. Msgr. W. Bourdeau,
of Zurich, celebrated benediction of
the Blessed Sacrament.
The children who were confirmed
from Sacred Heart Parish included:
Sharon Grubbe, Dorothy Freiburger,
Shirley Vollmer, Marjorie Kieffer,
Roger Kieffer, Francis Houghton,
Mary Kathleen Newman, Fay La-
vigne, Robert' St. Marie, Maurice St.
Marie, Frances Caskanette, George
Skinn, Mary Skinn, Sarah Skinn,
Douglas Skinn, Shirley Redman, Ver-
non Redman, Elaine Hundt, Robert
Hundt, Nancy Slosser, George Chet-
tleburgh, Kenneth Chettleburgh, Ken-
neth Fowler, Douglas Fowler, Doug-
las Lockridge, John MacDonald, Eu-
gene Maclnnes, and John Waine.
From St. Ambrose Parish: Patricia
Deitner, Joanne Deitner, Kathleen
Deitner, Marjorie Deitner, Raymond
Deitner, Harold Bell, Donald Ryan,
Kenneth Ryan, John McBride, James
Steffler and William Steffler.
PARTY AT MclINTOSII
An enjoyable Hallowe'en party was
held in the McIntosh basement on
October 29th, 89 members of the Y.P.
U. came in costume of every size,
shape and colour. Typical Hallowe'en
games had been arranged by Audrey
Mahood and Francis Inglis, and were
played with zest and lots of fun. Re-
freshments were served and a happy
evening brought to a cloSe with a
Ghost story.
Wingham's Responsibility
Explaining that the raising of the
debentures was the responsibility of
the town of Wingham, Mr. Hethering-
ton pointed out that the province as-
sumes 75% of the cost, and that the
other municipalities involved would
take up their share of the expense. He
estimated that when the other muni-
cipalities had taken their share of
the cost of the new school, Winghara
would be left with about $25,000 as
their total cost on the new building.
On a 20-year debenture Mr. Hether-
ington estimated that this would add
slightly less than a mill to' the tax-
payers' taxes, or about VA mills on a
10-year debenture. All of which, Mr.
Hetherington stated, is a comparative-
ly small amount to pay for the bene-
fits of a new high school.
Following Mr. Hetherington's re-
quest members of council discussed -
the proposition from the financial
standpoint and agreed to apply to the
Municipal Board for permission to
raise the debentures. The necessary
by-law was read for the first and sec-
ond time, voted upon and carried, so
that the matter could could go ahead
with maximum speed. Mr. MacTavish
pointed out that if the financial end
of the business was expedited, detailed
plans for the building could be made
as quickly as possible, allowing the
board to call for tenders at the first
of the year, when the market for
tenders was at its best.
Ask Later Closing ,Hours
George Cameron, pool room oper-
ator, was present at the meeting to
ask the council that something be
done about a by-law requiring 11
o'cli.ek closing of pool rooms in town.
money. He pointed out that he pays a
substantial business tax to the town,
and that it would be of great help to
him if he could stay open an hour
later in the evenings. He didn't think
that many of the townspeople would
be effected by a later closing hour,
since it was mostly the country people
who wished to play' later than the
regular hours.
After Mr. Cameron had presented
his appeal the council discussed the
question of closing hours. One of the
councillors brought up the subject of
the bowling alley, which is not subject
to closing hours, 'and asked if it were
fair for one to be closed when the
other was open. Following the dis-
cussion it was decided that the by-Iaw
be rescinded and that a new by-law
be !fleeted requiring a 12 o'clock clos-
ing for pool rooms in town.
More New Sidewalk Coming
Councillor Athol Purdon reported
that work on the sidewalks on both
sides of Josephine Street was almost
completed with. the exception of the
blacktop which is to be rolled in from
the street. He said that a sidewalk
was also being constructed on Diag-
onal Road in front of the new bowl-
ing alley, necessitated by the fact that
water had been running over the
pavement from. Centre Street. He
asked the council if it would approve
the job of completing the pavement
on the east side of Josephine Street,
and extending the new walk as far as
Victoria Street.
After consideration of the matter
the council decided that new pave-
ment should he laid right to Victoria
Street, and that work on this portion
should be started as soon as possible.
LAST WEEK AT WINGHAM
GENERAL HOSPITAL
Admissions 51
Deaths 4
Births 10
Out Patients 18
X-Rays . .
Operations 16
High Census 78
Low Census 69
These facts are published weekly
to acquaint the community with
the services of our hospital.
Hockey School
Started Monday
A, four-day training hockey school,
sponsored by the Guelph Biltmore
hockey team, opened at the Wing-
ham arena on Monday. Under the jur-
isdiction of the W.O.A.A., the school
is designed to try out and build up
minor hockey .players, About forty
players registered from Meaford, Kin-
cardine, Harriston, Blyth, Teeswater,
Wroxeter, Listowel, Lucknpw • and
Wingham.
The players were given a real work-
out under the watchful eye of Alfie
Pike, coach of the Guelph Biltmores,
who is in charge of the school. Bill
McCreary, top scorer with the Guelph
team, is assisting.
BUSINESSMEN TO CHECK
ON AD SOLICITORS
A motion that "all soliciting of -ad-
'vertising and donations from the mer-
chants and business people of town
should be first endorsed by this As-
sociation" was passed at the regular
meeting of the Wingham Business
Association, held last Thursday in the
council chambers. The motion follow-
ed a discussion on the soliciting of
advertising and donations, particular-
ly by outside .organizations or people,
and was in line with the feeling of
the businessmen that some sort of
checking and endorsement was neces-
sary to cope with this situation.. It
was decided that the executive should
deal with applications to solicit or col-
lect, and that it would issue a letter
to the canvasser or collector express-
At six o'clock on Friday evening,
about 80 volunteer canvassers repre-
senting the recreation council of
Wingham will descend on household-
ers in town to ask for donations for
recreational work h town. Each can-
vasser will be allotted a certain poi.,
tion of the town to cover, according
to a pre-arranged plan, and it is ex-
pected that-the canvass will only take
a matter ,of an hour or two to com-
plete.
On Thursday afternoon boys from
the various hockey teams will dis-
tribute envelopes throughout town in
which donations may be put. Donors
are asked to place .their donations in
these envelopes and write their name
and the amount on the front of the
envelope. Receipts will be issued to
those , requesting them. Donors who
may be out at the time of the canvass
are asked to leave their donations
with their next door neighbours, or
drop them in to Alan Bennett, treas-
urer of the recreation council, at the
Wingham Public Utilities. '
Friday's canvass will mark th first,
time that a public canvass has ever
been made in town for money for re-
creational purposes'. It is hoped that
the objective of $2,000, will be reached
to enable the recreation council to
carry on its work of providing re-
creational facilities for the children
of the town.
An open letter to the citizens ."f
Wingham, appearing elsewhere in this
issue, and written by W. B. Conron,
president of the recreation council,
ing an opinion of that body as to the explains the issues involved in the merit of the solicitation. I canvass. Discuss Plans For Santa
Christmas plans of the organiza-
tion were discussed at the meeting,
and it was decided to have a Santa
Claus to tour the street and distribute
candy to all the children, and that a
free matinee show would be provided
for all children. Date for the Santa
Claus promotion was set for Novem-
ber 28th.
Discussion on the hours of business
for December followed, and it was
decided that members of the organiza-
tion would stay open every Wednes-
day afternoon in December and that
the stores would open nights from
December 2.1st.,*) 24th inclusive. • -
Committees Elected
The following committees were
named to handle Christmas promot--
ion; Street decorating committee,
chairman, Warren „Callan; vice-chair-
man, Norman Welwood; members, T.
Thomson, John Pattison, J. P. McKib-
bon,
Candy committee, chairman, Lloyd
Smith; vice-chairman, Ken Kerr;
Members, Harry Merkley, Theo., Mun-
dy
Candy distribution committee, chair-
man, Athol Purdon; members to be
elected.
Santa Claus committee, chairman, C.
Cantelon; members, Verne Dunlop;
Elmer Wilkinson.
Musical committee, chairman, Earl
Hamilton; vice-chairman, H. Carmic-
hael.
Car Hit by Truck
Inquest Hears Evidence in
Fatal Industrial Accident
Rev, Alex Nimmd, of St. Andrew's
Presbyterian •Church, Wingham, was
a guest, preacher at a preaching mis7
sion held this week at Stroud, Ontario. The regular meeting of the Wing- The mission was a joint effort of ham Kinsmen Club on October 23rd., the Presbyterian, Anglican and United
Churches, who co'-operated in the ven- opened with a rather lively session
tare. during which fines were collected
from a great majority of the mem-
Mr. Cameron explained that many of
his customers like to play later than SACRED HEART cool, thine turernguinlagtitohn
em
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